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Heiki Sorge

Estonian badminton player and coach (born 1974)

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Source revisionFeb 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ1553265 ↗
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Heiki Sorge (born 3 November 1974 in Tartu) is an Estonian badminton player and coach.

In 2002 he graduated from the University of Tartu in physical education.

From 1996 until 2002, he participated 4 times on European Championships. Between 1993 and 2008, he become 21-times Estonian champion in different badminton disciplines. From 1993 until 2006, he was a member of Estonian national badminton team.

Awards:

1993-2004: Estonian best male badminton player.

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The public source identifies “Heiki Sorge” as estonian badminton player and coach (born 1974). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Heiki, Sorge and Estonian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2002, 1996, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Heiki, Sorge and Estonian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1553265. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2002, 1996 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Heiki Sorge” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.