Tiiu Asper (born 19 September 1983) 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 judoka. She was born in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. In 2007 she 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 ...

's Faculty of Medicine. She began her judo career in 1991. Her coaches have been Jevgeni Kupri and Andres Põhjala. She is two-times Estonian champion. 1998–2003 she was a member of Estonian national judo team. In 1998 and 1999 she was named as Best Junior Judoka of Estonia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asper, Tiiu Living people 1983 births Estonian female judoka University of Tartu alumni Sportspeople from Tartu 21st-century Estonian women