Jaak Uudmäe

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sportsperson Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of Template:T&Fcalc in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.[1]

In 1979 and 1980, Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonian Athlete of the Year. In 1980, Uudmäe's coach, Jaan Jürgenson, was nominated as the USSR Coach of the Year , and Jaak himself as the USSR Master Sportsman of the Year. He was the runner-up at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, behind Gennadiy Valyukevich.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

His two sons, Jaanus Uudmäe and Jaak Joonas Uudmäe, are also both long and triple jumpers.[2][3]

1980 Olympics

His victory at the 1980 Summer Olympics was adjudicated by an all-Soviet panel.[4] Some observers later claimed that the bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira and fifth-placer Ian Campbell both produced multiple jumps longer than Uudmäe's, though the Soviet judges ruled all these as fouls, to protestations from the athletes and questioning by several observers. Uudmäe's longest jump was also ruled as a foul.[5][6][7][8] In 2015, Athletics Australia made a request to the International Association of Athletics Federations to investigate the matter and review the outcome.[9]

International competitions

1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 2nd Triple jump 16.46 m
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 3rd Triple jump 16.91 m
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 2nd Triple jump 17.20 m
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1st Triple jump 17.35 m
European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 2nd Triple jump 16.51 m
1981 World Cup Rome, Italy 4th Triple jump 16.83 m
European Cup Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1st Triple jump 16.97 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Triple jump 16.56 m

National titles

  • Estonian Athletics Championships
    • Triple jump: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988
  • Estonian Indoor Championships
    • Triple jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985
    • Long jump: 1978

See also

References

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External links

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  1. Estonian records Template:Webarchive. EKJL. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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  5. Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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  9. Australia demands probe of triple jump final at 1980 Games. Reuters (2015-07-25). Retrieved 2018-04-11.