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Ain Matvere
Ain Matvere (born 13 January 1967 – 14 May 2018) was an Estonian badminton player. He was born in Tartu. He began his badminton career in 1978, coached by Mart Siliksaar. He is multiple-times Estonian champion. 1983–1989 he was a member of Estonian national badminton team. Since 1989 he worked as a badminton coach. Students: Kati Tolmoff Kati Tolmoff (born 3 December 1983 in Tartu) is a badminton player from Estonia. She represented Estonia at the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games. She competed in the women's singles event, where she lost to Chloe Magee 21–18, 18–21, and 19–2 .... In 1984 he was named as Best Badminton Player of Estonia. References 1967 births 2018 deaths Soviet male badminton players Estonian male badminton players Sportspeople from Tartu {{Estonia-badminton-bio-stub ...
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Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ...
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Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tar ...
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Mart Siliksaar
Mart Siliksaar (born 15 November 1949) is an Estonian badminton player and coach. He was born in Tartu. In 1983 he graduated from University of Tartu's Institute of Physical Education. He began his badminton career under the guidance of Helmut Valgmaa. He is multiple-times Estonian champion. 1974–1979 he was a member of Estonian national badminton team. Since 1970s he is also working as a badminton coach. 1986–2005 he was the head coach of Estonian national badminton team. Students: Ain Matvere, Anneli Lambing, Kati Tolmoff, Raul Must, Kristin Kuuba, Helina Rüütel Helina Rüütel (born 11 August 1997) is an Estonian badminton player who joined the national team in 2013. Career In 2015, she won bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in girls' doubles event with her partner Kristin Kuuba. In .... Awards: * 2021: National Sports Lifetime Achievement Award () References {{DEFAULTSORT:Siliksaar, Mart Living people 1949 births Estonian male badminton p ...
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Kati Tolmoff
Kati Tolmoff (born 3 December 1983 in Tartu) is a badminton player from Estonia. She represented Estonia at the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games. She competed in the women's singles event, where she lost to Chloe Magee 21–18, 18–21, and 19–21 in the first round. In 2016, she was the runner-up in the group K stage, lose a match to Ratchanok Intanon, and won a match to Yip Pui Yin. In September 2009, Tolmoff announced that because of a lack of money, her professional career was over. But she returned in 2014. Tolmoff also competed at the 2015 Baku European Games. Awards * Estonian National Badminton Championships, women's singles, 12 times * Estonian National Badminton Championships, women's doubles, 6 times * Estonian National Badminton Championships, mixed doubles, 6 times Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF F ...
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1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps, USMC and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American footbal ...
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2018 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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Soviet Male Badminton Players
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev ( Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent ( Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata ( Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provision ...
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