Tiit Lääne (born 21 October 1958) 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 sportsman and sports journalist. He was born in

Jõgeva Jõgeva is a small town in Estonia with a population of around 5000 people. It is the capital of Jõgeva Parish and Jõgeva County. History Jõgeva was first mentioned in 1599 as ''Jagiwa'' manor, being established only recently on the lands ...

. In 1986 he graduated from

Tallinn Pedagogical Institute Tallinn University (TLU; , ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in the country. Both Q ...

in physical education. In youth he exercised many sport disciplines, including decathlon and

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

. He was also a member of Estonian national bandy team. His journalist career began in 1979. 1987-1992 he was special correspondent for newspaper ''

Maaleht ''Maaleht'' is the biggest weekly newspaper published in 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 S ...

''. He has been an editor for several newspapers, including '' Eesti Spordileht'' and ''

Eesti Päevaleht (Estonia Daily) is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly '' Eesti Ekspress''. Another newspaper under the same name is published weekly in Stockholm, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is ...

''. He has also been active in politics. 2021-2021 he was the elder of Jõgeva Rural Municipality.

Publications

* Tähetund (1990, one of the authors) * Jõgeva spordi biograafiline leksikon (1992, one of the authors) * Välis-Eesti spordielu 1940–1991 (2000) * Sport XX sajandil (2002, one of the authors) * Olümpiamängude ajalugu 1896–1916 (2004, one of the authors), * Eesti spordi taskuentsüklopeedia (2010)

References

Living people 1958 births 20th-century Estonian sportsmen Estonian journalists Tallinn University alumni Sportspeople from Jõgeva {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub