Martti Aljand (born 22 November 1987 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) 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 ...

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual ...

and

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

swimmer. At

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

he finished 45th in 100 m breaststroke with national record and 46th in 200 m breaststroke.Martti Aljand
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Records

He is 33-time long course and 43-time short course Estonian swimming champion. He has broken 58 Estonian records in swimming.

Personal

His older sisters

Triin Triin is an Estonian feminine given name. Triinu is another version of Triin. It is a form of '' Katherine''. It is likely that the name Triin derives from the North Germanic name Trina which was first documented in 1652, in Sweden Swede ...

and Berit are also a swimmers. His father Riho is a swimming coach, and his grandmother,

Ulvi Voog Ulvi Indrikson (née Voog; born 18 February 1937) is an Estonian former freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m a ...

(Indrikson), is a former Olympic swimmer. He is married to another Estonian swimmer

Annika Saarnak Annika Saarnak (from 2014 Annika Aljand, born 19 September 1988) is an Estonian butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer. She is 15-time long course and 8-time short course Estonian swimming champion. She has broken 9 Estonian records in swimmi ...

, they have a daughter.

References

External links

Martti Aljand Bio on CalBears
1987 births Living people Swimmers from Tallinn Estonian male breaststroke swimmers Estonian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Estonia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Estonian people Estonian swimming coaches California Golden Bears men's swimmers {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub