Andrei Jämsä (born 14 February 1982) is an Estonian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "Pärnu Sõudeklubi" (Pärnu Rowing Club) located in

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Junior years

Jämsä was born in

. He competed in the U-23 world Regatta in the double sculls event in 2002 with

Igor Kuzmin Igor Kuzmin (born 23 November 1982) is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. Junior years Kuzmin was born in Narva. In 2000 Kuzmin competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in the single ...

, earning 7th position and in 2003 with Oleg Vinogradov earning 4th position.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Šilin, Kuzmin and Vinogradov earning 9th position overall. In

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Jämsä competed in the single sculls event earning 17th position overall. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the men's quadruple sculls with

Tõnu Endrekson 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 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal in ...

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and

Kaspar Taimsoo Kaspar Taimsoo (born 30 April 1987) is an Estonian rower. He is a four time Olympian and four time European champion. He is a member of Viljandi Rowing Club ( et, Viljandi Sõudeklubi). Rowing career 2004–2008 Taimsoo made his first internati ...

. The team finished 4th.

World championships

Jämsä's debut in the

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took place in

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in 2003, where he competed in the double sculls event with Kuzmin earning 9th position overall. Jämsä won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu, Japan in the quadruple sculls event with

, Leonid Gulov and

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when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia. In the 2006 World Championships held in

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Jämsä was again the strokesman in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Kuzmin and

. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.

Rowing World Cup

Overall wins *Quadruple sculls: 2005

References

External links

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Andrei Jämsä fanclub
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamsa, Andrei 1982 births Living people Estonian male rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Estonia Sportspeople from Pärnu World Rowing Championships medalists for Estonia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class European Rowing Championships medalists