Andrei Jämsä

Andrei Jämsä born February 14, 1982, in Pärnu, Estonian SSR, USSR) is an Estonian rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu.

Junior years

Jämsä competed in the U-23 world Regatta in the double sculls event in 2002 with Igor Kuzmin, earning 7th position and in 2003 with Oleg Vinogradov eraning 4th position.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Šilin, Kuzmin and Vinogradov earning 9th position overall.

In Beijing 2008 Jämsä competed in the single sculls event earning 17th position overall.

World Championships

Jämsä´s debute in the World Rowing Championships took place in Milan, Italy in 2003, where he competed in the double sculls event with Kuzmin earning 9th position overall.

Jämsä won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu, Japan in the quadruple sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.

In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton, Great Britain Jämsä was again the strokesman in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Kuzmin and Allar Raja. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.

Rowing World Cup

External links

* [http://80.83.47.230/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=16460 Biography] at worldrowing.com
* [http://www.soudeliit.ee/index.php?pageID=9 Biography] at soudeliit.ee
* [http://www.andreijamsa.com Andrei Jämsä fanclub] et icon