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From left: Rein Aun, Willi Holdorf, Hans-Joachim Walde 1964

Rein Aun , in the Soviet Union Rein Janowitsch Aun , ( Russian Рейн Янович Аун , born October 5, 1940 in Tallinn , Estonian SSR ; † March 11, 1995 ibid) was a Soviet athlete .

Career

Rein Aun lost his father when he was thirteen. He attended a sports high school in Tallinn, where he initially devoted himself to long-distance running before being selected for the decathlon . Aun spent his studies in Tartu , where he joined the VSS Kalev Tartu . Rein Aun took second place in the decathlon behind the German Willi Holdorf at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . He reached 7842 points (10.9 s - 7.22 m - 13.82 m - 1.93 m - 48.8 s - 15.9 s - 44.19 m - 4.20 m - 59.06 m - 4: 22.3 min). After the final 1500 race, he picked up overall winner Holdorf, who had collapsed completely exhausted, and was the first to congratulate him despite his narrow defeat. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , he finished fifth with 7378 points behind four Germans. Rein Aun set his personal best in 1968 with 8026 points (7898 points according to the rating since 1985). At the Olympic Games in 1968 he gave up after four disciplines. His competition weight was 86 kg with a height of 1.90 m. His son Martin Aun (* 1964) was a cyclist . In 1995 he died after a severe attack of fever.

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personal data
SURNAME Aun, pure
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Аун, Рейн Янович (Cyrillic spelling); Aun, Rein Janowitsch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn , Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1995
Place of death Tallinn , Estonia