Olympic Athletes of Estonia - Erki Nool, Gerd Kanter, Aleksander Tammert, Harald Tammer, Ksenija Balta, Indrek Kaseorg, Jri Tamm, Andres Raja (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Erki Nool, Gerd Kanter, Aleksander Tammert, Harald Tammer, Ksenija Balta, Indrek Kaseorg, Jri Tamm, Andres Raja, Mikk Pahapill, Andrus Vrnik, Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere, Kristjan Rahnu, Andrei Nazarov, Larisa Netseporuk, Indrek Turi, Johannes Villemson, Virge Naeris, Anna Iljutenko, Moonika Aava, Valeri Bukrejev, Kaire Leibak, Taavi Peetre, Pavel Loskutov, Mihkel Kukk, Jri Lossmann, Eha Rnne, Tiidrek Nurme, Mrt Israel, Lauri Leis, Kaie Kand. Excerpt: Olympic medal record Aleksander ("Leks") Klumberg (later Kolmpere ) (April 17, 1899 February 10, 1958) was an Estonian athlete who mainly competed in the decathlon . He competed for Estonia at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal in the men's decathlon competition. He was also very strong in many individual events, placing 5th at the 1920 Olympics in the javelin throw . In 1922 he became the first official world record holder in the decathlon, albeit with a performance inferior to the Stockholm 1912 series of Jim Thorpe . He changed his surname to Kolmpere in 1936. Kolmpere is buried at the Rahume cemetery in Tallinn . References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) Records A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Medal record Aleksander Tammert (born February 2, 1973 in Tartu ) is an Estonian discus thrower . Athletics career Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Rbert Fazekas was disqualified Tammert received the bronze medal. A month later he placed third at the World Athletics Final . In 2005 Tammert placed fourth at both the World Championships and the World Athletics Final . Fellow Estonian Gerd Kanter won silver medals at both these events. In 2006 he placed third at both the European Championships and the World A...