Tõnu Kaukis (born 27 March 1956) 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 coach and former decathlete. He was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. In 1978 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 ...

's Faculty of Physical Education. He began athletics training in 1967, coached by Aleksander Tšikin. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different athletics disciplines. 1974–1985 he was a member of Estonian national athletics team. Between In 1975 and 1985, he won ten gold medals at the Estonian SSR Championships (five in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

, three in

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 ...

, and two in

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

), three silver medals, and one bronze medal. Since 1986 he is working as an athletics coach who has trained

Indrek Turi Indrek Turi (born 30 July 1981 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian decathlete. His coach is Andrei Nazarov. Turi lives near Räpina Räpina (, ) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 195 ...

Madis Kallas Madis Kallas (born 22 April 1981) is an Estonian decathlete and Politics of Estonia, politician, who currently serves as the Ministry of the Environment (Estonia), Minister of the Environment of Estonia. He was the mayor of Saaremaa Municipalit ...

Maicel Uibo Maicel Uibo (born 27 December 1992) is an Estonian decathlete. While competing for the University of Georgia, he won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA championships in decathlon. Uibo won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships, setting his person ...

Karl Robert Saluri Karl Robert Saluri (born August 6, 1993 in Kuimetsa, Rapla County) is a former Estonian decathlete. In April 2016 Saluri earned a personal record score of 8108, enough to pass the qualifying mark for the 2016 Olympics of 8100. This result beat ...

. Awards: * 2016: ()

References

Living people 1956 births Estonian decathletes Estonian male long jumpers Estonian male hurdlers Estonian sports coaches Tallinn University alumni Athletes from Tallinn {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub