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Jüri Jaanson (born October 14, 1965 in Tartu) is the most successful Estonian rower, who has won five madals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later he managed to win an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu.
[edit] Olympic Games
[edit] World Championships
- 1989 Bled, Yugoslavia -
Single sculls
- 1990 Tasmania, Australia -
Single sculls
- 1991 Vienna, Austria - 12th Single sculls
- 1995 Tampere, Finland -
Single sculls
- 1997 Aiguebelette, France - 13th Single sculls
- 1998 Cologne, Germany - 14th Single sculls
- 1999 St. Catharines, Canada - 7th Single sculls
- 2001 Luzerne, Switzerland - 7th Single sculls
- 2003 Milan, Italy - 7th Single sculls
- 2005 Gifu, Japan - Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson and Leonid Gulov)
- 2007 Munich, Germany - Double sculls (with Tõnu Endrekson)
| Year |
Event |
Position |
Class |
| 2001 |
Munich, Germany |
5th |
Single Sculls |
| 2002 |
Munich, Germany |
9th |
Single Sculls |
| 2003 |
Munich, Germany |
13th |
Double Sculls |
| 2004 |
Poznan, Poland |
1st |
Single Sculls |
| 2005 |
Eton, Great Britain |
1st |
Quadruple Sculls |
|
Lucerne, Switzerland |
1st |
Quadruple Sculls |
| 2007 |
Linz, Austria |
5th |
Double Sculls |
|
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1st |
Double Sculls |
|
Lucerne, Switzerland |
1st |
Double Sculls |
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