Andreas Veerpalu

{{Short description|Estonian cross-country skier (born 1994)}}

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Andreas Veerpalu (born 24 May 1994) is an Estonian cross-country skier who competes internationally.[https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&listid=&competitorid=167214 FIS profile ]

He represented Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/cross-country-skiing/athlete-profile-n3043292-andreas-veerpalu.htm |title=Athletic profile - Andreas Veerpalu |website=PyeongChang2018.com |publisher=PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games |access-date=11 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420072424/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/cross-country-skiing/athlete-profile-n3043292-andreas-veerpalu.htm |archive-date=2018-04-20}}

On 27 February 2019, during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019, Veerpalu was arrested along with four other skiers, Estonia's Karel Tammjärv, Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin and Austrians Max Hauke and Dominik Baldauf, on suspicion of using blood doping assisted by German sports doctor Mark Schmidt.{{cite web |title=Two Estonian skiers held in Austria world championships doping probe |url=https://news.err.ee/914922/two-estonian-skiers-held-in-austria-world-championships-doping-probe |publisher=ERR |access-date=5 March 2019}} On release from police custody both Estonians admitted using blood doping.{{cite web |title=Estonian skiers released from police custody in Austria, confirm doping probe |url=https://news.postimees.ee/6535234/estonian-skiers-released-from-police-custody-in-austria-confirm-doping-probe |publisher=Postimees |access-date=5 March 2019}}