Jüri Tarmak
Estonian (Soviet) high jumper (1946–2022)
Jüri Tarmak (21 July 1946[2] – 22 June 2022) was an Estonian high jumper. He competed for the Soviet Union.[3] He won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Born | Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR | 21 July 1946||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 June 2022 Tallinn, Estonia | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 2.25 m (1972)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tarmak died on 22 June 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia at the age of 75.[4]
References
change- ↑ Yuriy Tarmak. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ↑ Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 109.
- ↑ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 582.
- ↑ Suri olümpiavõitja Jüri Tarmak (in Estonian)