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Competitor for Estonia
Medal record
Aleksander Tammert
Men's Athletics
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	Discus throw
European Championships
Bronze	2006 Gothenburg	Discus throw

Aleksander Tammert (born February 2, 1973 in Tartu) is an Estonian discus thrower.

1 Athletics career
2 Achievements
3 Personal
4 References
5 External links

Athletics career

Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified Tammert received the bronze medal.^[1] A month later he placed third at the World Athletics Final.

In 2005 Tammert placed fourth at both the World Championships and the World Athletics Final. Fellow Estonian Gerd Kanter won silver medals at both these events.

In 2006 he placed third at both the European Championships^[2] and the World Athletics Final. Kanter again won silver medals at both these events.

His personal best throw is 70.82m (232'3½"), set on April 15, 2006, in Denton, Texas.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Mark
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	23rd	58.64
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	8th
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	25th	59.04
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th	59.44
	Universiade	Sicily, Italy	5th	61.84
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	20th	57.62
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	62.29
	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	4th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	63.25
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	16th	61.04
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	65.19
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	64.55
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	7th	64.50
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd	66.66
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	64.84
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	66.14
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	64.94
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	64.33 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	12th	61.32 m

Personal

Aleksander Tammert is married to Slovenian javelin thrower Elizabeta Randjelovič Tammert with whom he has two daughters.^[3]

His father, Aleksander Tammert, Sr. (28 April 1947 – 27 October 2006), was a retired shot putter and athletics coach. He won the European Junior Championships in 1966.^[4]

References

^ "Discus champion stripped of gold". The Daily Telegraph. 25 August 2004. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2004/08/25/sodisc25.xml. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ "Olsson sails to home-town glory". BBC News. 12 August 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4786967.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ Naisteleht.ee
^ Estonian Post Times

External links

IAAF profile for Aleksander Tammert

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Discus Throw

1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE) • 1961: Edmund Piątkowski (POL) • 1963: Gaetano dalla Pria (ITA) • 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) • 1967: Gary Carlsen (USA) • 1970: János Murányi (HUN) • 1973: Viktor Zhurba (URS) • 1975: Markku Tuokko (FIN) • 1977: Nikolay Vikhor (URS) • 1979: Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) • 1981: Armin Lemme (GDR) • 1983 – 1985: Luis Delís (CUB) • 1987: Randy Heisler (USA) • 1989: Kamy Keshmiri (USA) • 1991: Adewale Olukoju (NGR) • 1993: Alexis Elizalde (CUB) • 1995: Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) • 1997: Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) • 1999: Frantz Kruger (RSA) • 2001: Aleksander Tammert (EST) • 2003: Wu Tao (CHN) • 2005: Gerd Kanter (EST) • 2007: Gerhard Mayer (AUT) • 2009: Mohammad Samimi (IRI)

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