Toomas Tõniste
Toomas Tõniste (born April 26, 1967 in Tallinn , Soviet Union ) is an Estonian sailor and politician .
Life
Toomas Tõniste graduated from Tallinn School in 1985. Until 1997 he studied sport at the Tallinn Pedagogical University .
Sports
Toomas Tõniste started sailing together with his twin brother Tõnu 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 Toomas 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. Toomas Tõniste became world champion in 2006 and European champion in 2007. In 1994/95 and 2006/2007 he was the Estonian sailing master.
politics
In addition to sailing, Tõnu and Toomas Tõniste have also been active as entrepreneurs since 1994. Toomas Tõniste has been politically active since 1998. He belongs to the Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit party . From 1999 to 2001 and 2006/2007 he was a member of Tallinn City Council. Toomas Tõniste has been a member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) since 2007 . On June 12, 2017, he was appointed finance minister in the Ratas I cabinet to succeed Sven Sester .
Private
Toomas Tõniste is married. He has a daughter and two sons.
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
- Toomas Tõniste in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sports achievements and photo (Estonian)
- Official CV (Estonian State Chancellery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 559
- ^ Bearers of decorations - Toomas Tõniste . www.president.ee. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tõniste, Toomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian sailor and politician, member of the Riigikogu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Soviet Union |