Club Profile

• Established in 1996 by Erki Nool, one of Estonia’s greatest-ever athletes who would go on to win the decathlon gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the SK Elite club, together with its wholly owned athletics school (Erki Noole Kergejõustikukooli), currently serves approximately 400 athletes.

• With a mission to develop youngsters of high school age and below – the club has few members over 23 years old – the Tallinn-based SK Elite caters for all athletic disciplines but, in line with its founder’s special interest, devotes particular attention to supporting pole vaulters.

• Not the country’s largest club by membership, SK Elite is certainly very successful across the younger age groups on the national level. In 2025 it was the highest-scoring club at the Estonian championships for the U16, U18 and U20 age groups.

• Website: enkool.ee

• Social:
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DNA History

• SK Elite already has solid experience representing Estonia in the DNA U20 Clubs, having previously finished fifth in the B Final of the 2023 Clash in Rome and then third in the B Final at last year’s edition in Pombal.

• Although most athletics clubs in Estonia are quite small and therefore fielding teams for DNA competitions presents challenges, SK Elite and the Estonian Athletic Association are working together to build on the positive experiences from the Clash of the Clubs to introduce the DNA team-athletics concept as a way of retaining more teenagers in the sport.

Athletes to Watch

• Seventeen-year-old pole vaulter Allika Inkeri Moser (instagram.com/allika.inkeri.moser), won gold at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival with a U18 world best of 4.52m. Although her main event is not included in the 2025 DNA U20 Clubs programme, the multi-talented Allika is more than competent in the 400m (PB: 59.34), 800m (PB: 2:18.70) and high jump (PB: 1.60m) and at last year’s Clash in Pombal she ran legs on both the mixed 4x400m and Hunt relays.

• Rasmus Jaanson (instagram.com/rasmus_jaanson), also 17, set a national U20 100m record of 10.47 winning this summer’s national U20 championship and then placed 4th in the 200m at the national senior championships, running 21.87 in his semi-final. He also competed in the 100m and 4x100m at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.

• Marleen Ritari, 18 (instagram.com/marleen_ritari), experienced the Clash of the Clubs in both 2023 and 2024, taking first in last year’s B Final 100m hurdles. This summer she improved her personal best time to 13.76 and placed 8th in the heptathlon at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, where her performance included equalling her high jump PB of 1.77m.