Aleksandr Latin (born 25 October 1986) is an

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, a ...

n triathlete. He was born in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54 ...

. His older brother is rower

Vladimir Latin Vladimir Latin (born 30 May 1985 in Narva) is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), of ...

. In 2009 he graduated from

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

in environmental technology speciality, and 2018

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...

in engineering sciences. 1997-2005 he focused on swimming, coached by Sergei Izotov. He won medals at Estonian swimming championships. Since 2006 he is focused on triathlon, coached by Jüri Käen. He placed 4th at 2015 European Games. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in triathlon. In 2015 he was named as Best Male Triathlete of Estonia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latin, Aleksandr Living people 1986 births Estonian male triathletes University of Tartu alumni Sportspeople from Narva