Jaak Uudmäe
Estonian athlete (born 1954)
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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 17.35 m (56 ft 11 in) in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.[1]
Jaak Uudmäe in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 September 1954 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
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.[citation needed]
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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
