Tõnu Tõniste
Tõnu Tõniste (born April 26, 1967 in Tallinn , Soviet Union ) is an Estonian sailor .
Sporting successes
Tõnu Tõniste started sailing together with his twin brother Toomas Tõniste in 1976. Four years later, the sailing competitions of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow took place in Tallinn . From 1987 to 1989 both were three times Soviet champions and between 1983 and 1991 eight times Estonian champions. In 1990 they won the Kieler Woche and became European champions in 1992.
At the Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988 , Tõnu Tõniste and his twin brother won the Olympic silver medal for the Soviet Union in sailing ( 470 class ). At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona both won bronze medals for Estonia in the same class. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , they disappointed with 10th place.
In addition to sailing, Tõnu and Toomas Tõniste have also been active as entrepreneurs since 1994.
Awards
- Together with his brother Estonia's Team of the Year 1988, 1990 and 1992
- Order of the Estonian Red Cross 3rd category (2001)
Web links
- Tõnu Tõniste in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sports achievements and photo (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 559
- ↑ Bearers of decorations - Tõnu Tõniste . www.president.ee. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tõniste, Tõnu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Soviet Union |