Jüri Tarmak
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1972 Munich | High jump | |
Jüri Tarmak (Russian: Юри Аадувич Тармак) (born 21 July 1946 in Tallinn[1]) is a former Estonian (Soviet) athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Leningrad[2] and studied at the Leningrad State University.[1]
Tarmak began athletics in 1963 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1970.[1] He competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the high jump where he won the gold medal. He also won a silver medal behind István Major of Hungary at the 1971 European hampionships, and a bronze medal behind István Major and his teammate Kęstutis Šapka at the 1972 European Championships.
Tarmak was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1972).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (1973) Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 109.
- ^ a b Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 582.
| Olympic champions in men's high jump |
|---|
| 1896: Ellery Clark | 1900: Irving Baxter | 1904: Samuel Jones | 1906: Cornelius Leahy | 1908: Harry Porter | 1912: Alma Richards | 1920: Richmond Landon | Harold Osborn | 1928: Robert King | 1932: Duncan McNaughton | 1936: Cornelius Johnson | 1948: John Winter | 1952: Walter Davis | 1956: Charles Dumas | 1960: Robert Shavlakadze | 1964: Valeriy Brumel | 1968: Dick Fosbury | 1972: Jüri Tarmak | 1976: Jacek Wszoła | 1980: Gerd Wessig | 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg | 1988: Gennadiy Avdeyenko | 1992: Javier Sotomayor | 1996: Charles Austin | 2000: Sergey Klyugin | 2004: Stefan Holm |
This biographical article relating to Soviet athletics (track and field) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
