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Jüri Tamm

1957 - 2021

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Jüri Tamm (5 February 1957 – 22 September 2021) was an Estonian hammer thrower and politician. In his sporting career Tamm represented the Soviet Union, he won a bronze medal in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. He set the world record for the hammer in 1980. Tamm was member of Estonian parliament Riigikogu from 2007 to 2011 as a member of the Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jüri Tamm is the 846th most popular athlete (down from 493rd in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Estonian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jüri Tamm ranks 846 out of 6,025. Before him are Giorgio Anglesio, Håkon Brusveen, Gabriele Hinzmann, Ernesto Formenti, Ilmar Kullam, and Ingrid Auerswald. After him are Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Paul Martin, Gösta Andersson, Antero Kivi, Émile Mercier, and Hans Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jüri Tamm ranks 284. Before him are Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Jackie Shroff, Ulrich Tukur, Refat Chubarov, Daniela Dessì, and Ingrid Auerswald. After him are Yoshio Kato, Shirō Sagisu, Michael Bowen, Reiner Knizia, Simon Donaldson, and Kadim Al Sahir. Among people deceased in 2021, Jüri Tamm ranks 395. Before him are Tarcísio Meira, Vera Nikolić, David Bailie, Juan Masnik, Håkon Brusveen, and Helen Murray Free. After him are Justin Lekhanya, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Tony Trabert, Ernie Lively, Arturo Armando Molina, and Ryszard Szurkowski.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jüri Tamm ranks 153 out of 351. Before him are Heino Kruus (1926), Jaan Talts (1944), Uku Masing (1909), Vladas Mikėnas (1910), Mart Helme (1949), and Ilmar Kullam (1922). After him are Jüri Jaakson (1870), Eri Klas (1939), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), Richard Maack (1825), Jaak Uudmäe (1954), and Viivi Luik (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In Estonia

Among athletes born in Estonia, Jüri Tamm ranks 10. Before him are Jüri Tarmak (1946), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Harald Tammer (1899), Jaan Talts (1944), and Ilmar Kullam (1922). After him are Adalberts Bubenko (1910), Jaak Uudmäe (1954), Arnold Luhaäär (1905), Kalevi Kotkas (1913), Erki Nool (1970), and Bruno Junk (1929).

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