Anu Kaljurand (born 16 April 1969) is a retired Estonian

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Career

She finished seventeenth in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and won the gold medal at the

1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 3−6, 1992 at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men' ...

. Her score of 6142 points was her lifetime best, and was unmatched at the Championships since Jackie Joyner in 1983. She also competed individually in the heptathlon events, winning the silver medal in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

at both the 1986 World Junior Championships and the 1988 World Junior Championships. She competed in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

at the 1992 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. She also holds the world U18 indoor best in long jump with 6.61.

Personal life

In 1990 she enrolled at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

as the first Soviet citizen to do so. She competed in athletics for the

BYU Cougars The BYU Cougars are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah. BYU fields 21 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) varsity athletic teams. They are a member of the West ...

. Graduating in

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from Brigham Young University in 1993, she later got an MBA at Westminster College in 1997. Kaljurand is living with high jumper

Marko Turban Marko Turban (born 14 May 1967) is a retired Estonian high jumper. He was born in Rakvere. He competed at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. His personal best is 2.30 metres, achieved in Ju ...

, they have two children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaljurand, Anu 1969 births Living people Athletes from Tallinn Soviet female long jumpers Estonian female hurdlers Estonian heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Estonia Soviet expatriate sportspeople in the United States Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States BYU Cougars women's track and field athletes Brigham Young University alumni Westminster College (Utah) alumni