[2] Born in Rakvere,[1] Kõrkjas first participated at the Paralympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games, where she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 event and a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 event.

[3] To prepare for the 1996 Games, she trained with abled-bodied swimmers, saying of this "They went into a constant uproar.

[2] At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S12 event.

At the 2004 Athens Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S12 event.

[5] When the government was talking about changing the laws, she was part of a discussion about extending benefits the country applies to Olympians to Paralympians.