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 Leonid Gulov (born September 29, 1981, in Narva, Estonia) is a retired Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located i ...

at the

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in Athens and won a silver medal in

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in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson. He is a member of rowing club "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

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in

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, where he competed in the double sculls event with

. 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 Stephen Christopher Rowbotham (born 11 November 1981, in Swindon) is a British rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in double sculls. In 2012, the quadruple sculls boat he was in finished in 5th pla ...

. At London 2012, he competed in the men's quadruple sculls with

Andrei Jämsä Andrei Jämsä (born 14 February 1982) is an Estonian rower. 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 Pärnu. Junior years Jämsä was born in Pärnu. ...

, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo, finishing in fourth place.

World Championships

Endrekson debuted in the World Rowing Championships in 2001 in

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. He competed in the quadruple sculls event with

, Andrei Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2002 in Seville, Spain, he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Andrei Šilin,

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 ...

and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2003 in Milan, Italy 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

, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia. In the 2006 World Championships held in

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, Great Britain 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 Munich, Germany, after Slovenia and France. For the 2009 World Championships held in Poznań, Poland, 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 World Rowing Championships ( Lac d'Aiguebelette) he won a bronze medal in the quadruple scull with Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo and

Achievements

* Olympic Games Medals: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze * World Championship Medals: 4 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 6 ...

– 4th, Double sculls (with

) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Silver , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– 4th, Quadruple sculls (with

, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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

World Rowing Championships

2001 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, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

– 7th, Quadruple sculls (with

Silver Sonntak Silver Sonntak (born 11 November 1976) is an Estonian rower. He was born in Pärnu. He started his rowing training in 1991, coached by Mihkel Leppik and Tatjana Jaanson. He graduated from Tallinn University of Applied Sciences in 2000, with a deg ...

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, Leonid Gulov) *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

– 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak,

, Andrei Šilin) *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Andrei Jämsä) *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Jämsä) *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

– Bronze , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

– 10th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin,

Vladimir Latin Vladimir Latin (born 30 May 1985 in Narva) is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His younger brother is triathlete Al ...

, Andrei Jämsä) *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

– 9th, Single sculls *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

– 16th, Quadruple sculls (with

Kaur Kuslap Kaur Kuslap (born 26 January 1990) is an Estonian rower. He was born in Viljandi. He started his rowing training in 2002, coached by Ruth Vaar. He has won the Estonian championships 14 times. In 2012 he was a reserve competitor for Estonian rowe ...

Sten-Erik Anderson Sten-Erik Anderson (born 30 January 1991) is an Estonian rower. He was born in Pärnu. He has exercised rowing since 2003, coached by Reet Palm and Matti Killing. He has won Estonian championships 23 times. In 2016 he was a reserve competitor fo ...

, Andrei Jämsä) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

– 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 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

– 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 The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, 2nd Class:'' 2009

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Endrekson, Tonu 1979 births Living people Estonian male rowers Olympic rowers of 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 Sportspeople from Pärnu