- Jaak Uudmäe
Jaak Uudmäe (born
September 3 ,1954 inTallinn ) is a retiredEstonia ntriple jump er and a gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1979 and 1980 Uudmäe was acknowledged as
Estonia 's Sportsman of the Year. In 1980 Uudmäe's coachJaan Jürgenson was nominated as theUSSR Coach of the Year and Jaak himself as USSR Master Sportsman of the Year.Uudmäe's 1980 gold medal has been reported as an example of the Russian corruption of the officiating of the
1980 Summer Olympics .IAAF officials were not allowed on the field to oversee the event and its Russian officiating crew, while then world-record holderJoão Carlos de Oliveira ofBrazil and jumper Ian Campbell were called for fouls in nine out of twelve jump attempts. [http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/07/20/0720dunawaymoscow.html]His son Jaanus Uudmäe is also a long/triple jumper. [http://www.european-athletics.org/birmingham/athletebio.php?bib=206]
Achievements
Olympic Games 1980 Olympic Champion 17.35
European Indoor Championships in Athletics 1977 silver at the indoors championship 16.46
1979 bronze at the indoors championship 16.91
1980 silver at the indoors championship 16.51Estonian championships
1976 Estonian Champion 16.08
1978 Estonian Champion 15.90
1983 Estonian Champion 16.08
1986 Estonian Champion 16.03
1988 Estonian Champion 15.36Estonian indoors championships
1975 Estonian Indoors Champion 15.72
1977 Estonian Indoors Champion 15.98
1978 Estonian Indoors Champion
in long jump 7.29 and in triple jump 15.44
1983 Estonian Indoors Champion 16.60
1985 Estonian Indoors Champion 15.75
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