Jaak Uudmäe

Jaak Uudmäe

Personal information
Born	September 3, 1954
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Triple Jump

Jaak Uudmäe (born September 3, 1954 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian triple jumper and long jumper, gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1979 and 1980 Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonia's Sportsman of the Year. In 1980 Uudmäe's coach Jaan Jürgenson was nominated as the USSR Coach of the Year and Jaak himself as USSR Master Sportsman of the Year.

His son Jaanus Uudmäe is also a long/triple jumper.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event	Mark
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
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	Triple jump	17.35 m
	European Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, West Germany	2nd	Triple jump	16.51 m

Estonian championships

1976 Estonian Champion 16.08
1978 Estonian Champion 15.90
1983 Estonian Champion 16.08
1986 Estonian Champion 16.03
1988 Estonian Champion 15.36

Estonian 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

Awards
Preceded by Aavo Pikkuus	Estonian Sportsman of the Year 1979 – 1980	Succeeded by Jüri Poljans

External links

• Jaak Uudmäe profile at IAAF