Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is 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 former

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er and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the

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. He set a personal best of in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record. In 1979 and 1980, Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonian Athlete of the Year. In 1980, Uudmäe's coach, Jaan Jürgenson, was nominated as the

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Coach of the Year , and Jaak himself as the USSR Master Sportsman of the Year. He was the runner-up at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, behind Gennadiy Valyukevich. His two sons, Jaanus Uudmäe and Jaak Joonas Uudmäe, are also both long and triple jumpers.

1980 Olympics

His victory at the 1980 Summer Olympics was adjudicated by an all-Soviet panel. Some observers later claimed that the bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira and fifth-placer Ian Campbell both produced multiple jumps longer than Uudmäe's, though the Soviet judges ruled all these as fouls, to protestations from the athletes and questioning by several observers. Uudmäe's longest jump was also ruled as a foul. In 2015, Athletics Australia made a request to the

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to investigate the matter and review the outcome.Australia demands probe of triple jump final at 1980 Games
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International competitions

National titles

* Estonian Athletics Championships **Triple jump: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988 *Estonian Indoor Championships **Triple jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985 **Long jump: 1978

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uudmae, Jaak 1954 births Living people Athletes from Tallinn Estonian sportsperson-politicians Estonian male long jumpers Estonian male triple jumpers Estonian athletics coaches Soviet male long jumpers Soviet male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade

1980 Olympics

International competitions

National titles

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