Jaak Uudmäe

Jaak Uudmäe
Jaak Uudmäe in 2018
Personal information
Born (1954-09-03) 3 September 1954 (age 70)
Tallinn, Estonia
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Triple jump

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]

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]

1980 Olympics

His victory at the 1980 Summer Olympics was adjudicated by an all-Soviet panel.[4] Some observers later claimed that the bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira and fifth-placer Ian Campbell both produced multiple jumps longer than Uudmäe's, though the Soviet judges ruled all these as fouls, to protestations from the athletes and questioning by several observers. Uudmäe's longest jump was also ruled as a foul.[5][6][7][8] In 2015, Athletics Australia made a request to the International Association of Athletics Federations to investigate the matter and review the outcome.[9]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 2nd Triple jump 16.46 m
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 3rd Triple jump 16.91 m
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 2nd Triple jump 17.20 m
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1st Triple jump 17.35 m
European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 2nd Triple jump 16.51 m
1981 World Cup Rome, Italy 4th Triple jump 16.83 m
European Cup Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1st Triple jump 16.97 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Triple jump 16.56 m

National titles

  • Estonian Athletics Championships
    • Triple jump: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988
  • Estonian Indoor Championships
    • Triple jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985
    • Long jump: 1978

See also

References

  1. ^ Estonian records Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. EKJL. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ^ "Jaak Uudmäe: tippsport jääb üha enam fanaatikute pärusmaaks". EPL (in Estonian). 15 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Jaak Joonas Uudmäe alistas kaugushüppes olümpiavõitjast isa rekordi". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ Dunaway, James (20 July 2008). "In 1980, the Soviets Turned the Olympics Into the Games of Shame". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. ^ Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  6. ^ "Suomalainen näkökulma Moskovan olympiakisoihin sanomalehdistössä kesällä 1980" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. ^ Siukonen, Markku; et al. (1980). Urheilutieto 5 (in Finnish). Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab. pp. 363–364. ISBN 951-9466-20-7.
  8. ^ Lane, Tim (18 August 2013). "Cheating the only conclusion you can jump to". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  9. ^ Australia demands probe of triple jump final at 1980 Games. Reuters (2015-07-25). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Awards
Preceded by Estonian Sportsman of the Year
1979 – 1980 		Succeeded by