Jüri Jaanson

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Medal record
Men's Rowing
Olympic Games
Competitor for Estonia
Silver	2004 Athens	Single Sculls
World Championships
Competitor for Soviet Union
Gold	1990 Tasmania	Single Sculls
Bronze	1989 Bled	Single Sculls
Competitor for Estonia
Silver	1995 Tampere	Single Sculls
Bronze	2005 Gifu	Quadruple Sculls
Bronze	2007 Munich	Double Sculls

Jüri Jaanson (born October 14, 1965 in Tartu) is the most successful Estonian rower, who has won five madals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later he managed to win an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu.

Contents 1 Olympic Games 2 World Championships 3 Rowing World Cup 4 External links

[edit] Olympic Games

• 1988 Seoul - 8th Single sculls
• 1992 Barcelona - 5th Single sculls
• 1996 Atlanta - 18th Single sculls
• 2000 Sydney - 6th Single sculls
• 2004 Athens - Single sculls

[edit] World Championships

• 1989 Bled, Yugoslavia - Single sculls
• 1990 Tasmania, Australia - Single sculls
• 1991 Vienna, Austria - 12th Single sculls
• 1995 Tampere, Finland - Single sculls
• 1997 Aiguebelette, France - 13th Single sculls
• 1998 Cologne, Germany - 14th Single sculls
• 1999 St. Catharines, Canada - 7th Single sculls
• 2001 Luzerne, Switzerland - 7th Single sculls
• 2003 Milan, Italy - 7th Single sculls
• 2005 Gifu, Japan - Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson and Leonid Gulov)
• 2007 Munich, Germany - Double sculls (with Tõnu Endrekson)

[edit] Rowing World Cup

Year	Event	Position	Class
2001	Munich, Germany	5th	Single Sculls
2002	Munich, Germany	9th	Single Sculls
2003	Munich, Germany	13th	Double Sculls
2004	Poznan, Poland	1st	Single Sculls
2005	Eton, Great Britain	1st	Quadruple Sculls
	Lucerne, Switzerland	1st	Quadruple Sculls
2007	Linz, Austria	5th	Double Sculls
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Double Sculls
	Lucerne, Switzerland	1st	Double Sculls

[edit] External links

• Biography at worldrowing.com
• Biography at soudeliit.ee
• Olympic medals and stats at databaseolympics.com