Jaak Uudmäe
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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]
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Born | (1954-09-03) 3 September 1954 (age 69) Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||
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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]