History

Historical facts of Club Tartu Maraton

On January 16th 1960 the first ski-hike from Tartu to Kääriku started from Tartu city centre, which was the beginning of one of the most popular public sport event tradition of Estonia - Tartu Maraton.
In 1982 the organizing committee of Tartu Maraton took a new challenge to organice popular cycling road race Tartu Rattaralli.
In the autumn of 1983 the same OC founded a new event - Tartu Sügisjooks (Tartu Autumn City Run). All three competitions were tied up to form a complex event with a ranking system - Tartu Triple Event.
In 1984 children events were introduced in cycling and running, followed by kids ski event in 1985
After collapse of Soviet Union in 1991, the most active OC members formed a non-profit company Club Tartu Maraton, which took over the organization of Tartu Maraton, Tartu Sügisjooks and Tartu Rattaralli.
In 1998 Tartu Rattamaraton (mountain bike race) was introduced by the club, followed by Tartu Rulluisumaraton (inline skating race) in 2007 and Tartu Linnamaraton (Tartu city marathon) in 2012.
In 2000 Tartu Triple Event turned into Tartu Complex Event when Tartu Rattamaraton was added to the season ranking system.
In 2015 Tartu Complex Event was replaced by Tartu Maraton Cube, to unite all 6 races in one ranking system and give our participants new attractive sportive challenge.