Laine Erik
![]() Laine Erik at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | 21 April 1942 (1942-04-21) (age 82) Särevere village, Reichskommissariat Ostland | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Estonian University of Life Sciences | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 800 m | |||||||||||
Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 800 m – 2:03.6 (1967)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Laine Erik (married name Kallas; born 21 April 1942) is an Estonian agricultural scientist and a retired middle-distance runner.
Running
Erik specialized in the 800 metres. In this event she finished sixth at the 1964 Olympics, while at the 1968 Games she was eliminated in semifinals.[2] She won the Soviet titles in 1964, 1967 and 1968. In 1965 she won a gold medal at the Summer Universiade, and in 1964 she was part of the Soviet 3×800 m team that set a world record.[3]
Science
She graduated from the Zootechnics Faculty of Estonian Agricultural Academy in 1969 and in 1984 defended a PhD in agricultural sciences. Between 1969 and 1996 she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Animal Science of Estonian Agricultural University,[3] and after that as a company manager.
References
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External links
- Laine Erik at World Athletics
- Laine Erik at Olympedia
- Laine Erik at Olympics.com
- Laine Erik at ESBL (in Estonian)
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Preceded by None (Title established) | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1967–1968 | Succeeded by |
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- 1959:
Nicole Goullieux (FRA)
- 1961:
Antje Gleichfeld (FRG)
- 1963:
Olga Kazi (HUN)
- 1965:
Laine Erik (URS)
- 1967:
Madeline Manning (USA)
- 1970:
Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
- 1973:
Liyana Tomova (BUL)
- 1975:
Nina Morgunova (URS)
- 1977:
Totka Petrova (BUL)
- 1979:
Nadezhda Mushta (URS)
- 1981:
Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1983:
Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)
- 1985:
Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS)
- 1987:
Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)
- 1989:
Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991:
Inna Yevseyeva (URS)
- 1993:
Amy Wickus (USA)
- 1995:
Stella Jongmans (NED)
- 1997:
Irina Nedelenko (UKR)
- 1999:
Yuliya Taranova (RUS)
- 2001:
Brigita Langerholc (SLO)
- 2003:
Liliana Popescu (ROM)
- 2005:
Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)
- 2007:
Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)
- 2009:
Madeleine Pape (AUS)
- 2011:
Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
- 2013:
Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ)
- 2015:
Angie Petty (NZL)
- 2017:
Rose Mary Almanza (CUB)
- 2019:
Catriona Bisset (AUS)
- 2021:
Laura Pellicoro (ITA)
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