Marek Kaleta
Estonian javelin thrower
Marek Kaleta (born 17 December 1961 in Kunda) is a retired Estonian male javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union in the 1980s and later on Estonia. He set his personal best 83.30, which was the Estonian national record this time, on 12 August 1990 in Pieksämäki, Finland.[1] Kaleta is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Result |
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Representing the Soviet Union | ||||
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 9th | 77.16 m |
1987 | Summer Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 1st | 81.42 m |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th | 76.10 m | |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 4th | 77.18 m |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 14th | 77.64 m | |
Representing Estonia | ||||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 24th | 74.80 m |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 21st | 74.46 m |
References
- Marek Kaleta at World Athletics
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World University Games champions in men's javelin throw
- 1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG)
- 1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN)
- 1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS)
- 1965: Rolf Herings (FRG)
- 1967: Dave Travis (GBR)
- 1970: Miklós Németh (HUN)
- 1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS)
- 1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROU)
- 1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS)
- 1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG)
- 1981: Dainis Kūla (URS)
- 1983: Dainis Kūla (URS)
- 1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROU)
- 1987: Marek Kaleta (URS)
- 1989: Steve Backley (GBR)
- 1991: Steve Backley (GBR)
- 1993: Louis Fouché (RSA)
- 1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN)
- 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA)
- 1999: Ēriks Rags (LAT)
- 2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT)
- 2003: Igor Janik (POL)
- 2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
- 2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)
- 2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
- 2011: Fatih Avan (TUR)
- 2013: Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS)
- 2015: Tanel Laanmäe (EST)
- 2017: Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)
- 2019: Andrian Mardare (MDA)
- 2021: Edis Matusevičius (LTU)
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