Tõnu Endrekson (born 11 June 1979) is an Estonian rower. He is a five-time Olympic finalist and dual Olympic medal winner. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the

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and won a silver medal in

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in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson. He is a member of ''Pärnu Sõudeklubi'' (Pärnu Rowing Club), located in Pärnu.

Junior years

Endrekson competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1996 in the double sculls event (24th) and 1997 in the single sculls event (16th). In 2001 he won a gold medal in the World Rowing U23 Regatta (now World Rowing U23 Championships) in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov. The men were third in their preliminary heat and second in semi-final thus earning a place in the Final A. They held the sixth position for the first 1500 metres, but with the strong final 500 metres they managed to clinch the fourth position. Eventually they lost the bronze medal to Italians Rossano Galtarossa and Alessio Sartori by 2,37 seconds. In Beijing 2008 Endrekson also competed in the double sculls event but now with Estonian rowing legend Jüri Jaanson. The duo was third in their preliminary heat. In the semi-finals the men were second and assured themselves a place in the Final A. They finished second in the final just 0,05 seconds in front of the British duo Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham. At London 2012, he competed in the men's quadruple sculls with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo, finishing in fourth place.

World Championships

Endrekson debuted in the

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in 2001 in

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. He competed in the quadruple sculls event with Leonid Gulov, Andrei Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2002 in

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, he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Andrei Šilin, Igor Kuzmin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2003 in

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Endrekson, Gulov, Šilin and Sonntak were 7th once more. Endrekson won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in

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in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Jämsä, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia. In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton,

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Endrekson was again in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Allar Raja. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine. In 2007 season Endrekson decided to compete in the double sculls with Jaanson. They won two World Cup events and were third in the World Championships in

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, after Slovenia and France. For the 2009 World Championships held in

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, Endrekson was back in the quadruple sculls team, this time together with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Vladimir Latin. The team finished 10th overall. Endrekson competed in the 2010 World Championships in the single sculls event finishing 9th overall. In the 2015 FISA

( Lac d'Aiguebelette) he won a bronze medal in the quadruple scull with Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo and Andrei Jämsä

Achievements

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Medals: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze *

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Medals: 5 Bronze * European Championship Medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver * World U23 Championship Medals: 1 Gold

Olympic Games

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– 4th, Double sculls (with Leonid Gulov) *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

– Silver , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

– 4th, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

– 6th, Quadruple sculls (with Jüri-Mikk Udam, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)

World Rowing Championships

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov) * 2002 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin) *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov) *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Andrei Jämsä) * 2006 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Jämsä) *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– Bronze , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

– 10th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin, Andrei Jämsä) *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

– 9th, Single sculls *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

– 16th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaur Kuslap, Sten-Erik Anderson, Andrei Jämsä) *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

– 16th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä) *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Allar Raja, Kaur Kuslap)

European Rowing Championships

– Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Andrei Jämsä, Jüri Jaanson) *

– 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Valeri Prosvirnin, Andrei Jämsä) *

– 5th, Single sculls *

– Silver , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

– Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

– 12th, Single sculls *

– 14th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä) *

– 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

– Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)

U23 World Rowing Championships

*2001 – Gold , Double sculls (with Leonid Gulov)

Junior World Rowing Championships

*1996 – 24th, Double sculls *1997 – 16th, Single sculls

Rowing World Cup

Overall wins * Quadruple sculls: 2005 * Double sculls: 2007

Orders

EST Order of the White Star - 2nd Class BAR

'' Order of the White Star, 2nd Class:'' 2009

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Endrekson, Tonu 1979 births Living people Estonian male rowers Olympic rowers for Estonia Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia Olympic silver medalists for Estonia Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class University of Tartu alumni Rowers from Pärnu Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics