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Estonia At The 1992 Summer Paralympics
Estonia participated in 1992 Summer Paralympics, the IX. Summer Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Estonian flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Nadežda Maksimova. Estonia entered 6 athletes in the following sports: *Paralympic athletics, Athletics: 2 female and 1 male *Paralympic swimming, Swimming: 2 female and 1 male Medalists Silver * Annely Ojastu – Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Swimming, Women's 100 m TS4 * Marge Kõrkjas – Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 Bronze * Marge Kõrkjas – Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 Top 8 Finishes 4th place * Nadežda Maksimova – Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Swimming, Women's 400 m Medley B1-3 5th place * Helena Silm – Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Athletics, Women's Long Jump B3 * Nadežda Maksimova – Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle B3 * Nadež ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Paralympic Committee
Estonian Paralympic Committee ( et, Eesti Paraolümpiakomitee) was founded on April, 1991. Members Members (as of 2021): * Eesti Invaspordi Liit * Eesti Pimedate Spordiliit * Eesti Vaimsete Puuetega Inimeste Spordiliit * Estonian Deaf Sport Union ( et, Eesti Kurtide Spordiliit) * Eesti Puuetega Inimeste Ujumisliit References External links * National Paralympic Committees Sports governing bodies in Estonia, Paralympic Estonia at the Paralympics Sports organizations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Estonia Disability organizations based in Estonia {{Estonia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Estonia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Estonia was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Latvia and Lithuania being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 37 competitors, 33 men and 4 women, took part in 35 events in 13 sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery Estonia sent one man to its first independent Olympic archery competition. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds. ;Men Athletics ;Men ;Field events ;Combined events – Men's decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Combined events – Heptathlon Canoeing Sprint ;Men Cycling Three cyclists, two men and one woman, represented Estonia in 1992. Erika Salumäe won gold in the women's sprint. Road Track ;Sprint Fencing Two male fencers represented Estonia in 1992. ;Men Individual Judo ;Men Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia At The Paralympics
Estonia have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1992 Summer events. Estonian Paralympic Committee was founded on April, 1991. Best athlete Marge Kõrkjas has performed in four Paralympics and won always at least one medal, total of 7 (2 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze). The two other gold medalists are Annely Ojastu Annely Ojastu (born 10 August 1960 in Tartu) is an Estonian Paralympic athlete. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's 100 m TS4 event. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m T ... and Sirly Tiik. Medal tallies Summer Paralympics ''Best performances in bold.'' Winter Paralympics ''Best performances in bold.'' Medallists Summer Games Winter Games See also * Estonia at the Olympics * Estonia at the Special Olympics World Games References {{Estonia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Silm
Helena Kannus (née Silm; married name Thalson; born 16 March 1963) is an Estonian para athletics competitor. She was born in Tallinn. In 1988 she graduated from the special school Tartu Emajõgi School. She started her sporting exercising in 1980. Until 1988 he exercised swimming under the guidance of Rein Põldme. Since 1992 she started to exercise athletics. She is competed at paralympic games from 1992 to 2004. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the Women's pentathlon P10-12 (see Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 210 events, 155 for men and 55 for women. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...). In 1998 she won athletics championships for athletes with bad eyesight; she won at two disciplines: pentathlon and long jump. 1992–2004 she was a member of Estonian national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1992 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 163 events, 88 for men and 75 for women. Because of ties for third place in the women's 50 metre freestyle B3 and men's 50 metre freestyle B2 events, a total of 165 bronze medals were awarded. Starting in 1992, there was a move away from Les Autres specific classifications to functional based classification systems at the Paralympic Games. This was realized in swimming, where Les Autres sportspeople competed directly against people with other disabilities including cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries and amputations. As a result, the 1992 Games saw the total number of classes for people with physical disabilities drop from 31 to 10. Still, swimming, athletics and table tennis used a classification system for the Barcelona Games that was still mostly medical based. This medal table includes also the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap, which held by the same organizing committee, and is part of same event, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marge Kõrkjas
Marge Kõrkjas (born 8 May 1974) is an Estonian Paralympic swimmer with a vision impairment, who has won seven medals at four Paralympics. Competitive career Born in Rakvere, Kõrkjas first participated at the Paralympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games, where she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 event and a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 event.. To prepare for the 1996 Games, she trained with abled-bodied swimmers, saying of this "They went into a constant uproar. We got to train at the same time, slowly and quietly, no-one noticed us." Her coach going into Atlanta was Rein Põldme. The city of Tartu contributed 10,000 krooni a year to the Kullman swimming pool where Kõrkjas trained to rent it out for use by children and disabled swimmers, but shortly before the start of the Paralympics, they discontinued funding as the pool requested an increase to 50,000 krooni a year for continued use of the pool. At the Games, she won two gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 239 events, 152 for men and 62 for women. Because of a tie in the first position of the men's 100m in class B1 and another tie also happened in the third place of the high jump event in the b2 class for men. 240 gold medals, 238 silver and 240 bronze were awarded. Swimming, athletics and table tennis used a medical based classification system for the Barcelona Games. This happened as the Games were in a transition period with a number of other sports starting to move to a fully functional based classification system. This medal table includes also the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap, which held by the same organizing committee, and is part of same event, but in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annely Ojastu
Annely Ojastu (born 10 August 1960 in Tartu) is an Estonian Paralympic athlete. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's 100 m TS4 event. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m T42–46 event and two silver medals in the Women's 200 m T42–46 and Women's Long Jump F42–46 events. Ojastu is the daughter of track and field athletes Eino Ojastu and Linda Ojastu (née Kepp). Her younger brother Aivar Ojastu Aivar Ojastu (born 21 September 1961) is an Estonian athletics competitor. He was born in Tartu. In 1999 he graduated from the University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university ... was also a successful track and field athlete. References 1960 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Estonia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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