Jaak Kärner (22 March 1892 – 22 July 1937) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n sport shooter from

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

. Kärner participated in World War I and the

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the War of Freedom in Estonia, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the ...

. He won three medals at the

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. From 1932 to 1936 he was a member of the Estonian national sport shooting team. He is buried at

Paistu Paistu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Until October 2013, it was the administrative centre of Paistu Parish Paistu Parish () was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. After ...

Cemetery.

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1892 births 1937 deaths Estonian male sport shooters Estonian military personnel of World War I Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence Sportspeople from Tartu {{Estonia-sportshooting-bio-stub