Enn Sellik (born 10 December 1954 in Iisaku Parish) 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 former

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who competed, representing Soviet Union in the

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and in the

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. He set his personal best in 10,000m run at the

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in Prague in 1978, which still stands for the Estonian national record. His best in 5,000 metres run (13:17.2), achieved in Podolsk in 1976, is also counted as the current Estonian record.

References

1954 births Living people People from Alutaguse Parish Estonian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Soviet male long-distance runners {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub