Jüri Tamm


Jüri Tamm is a former Estonian hammer thrower. Representing USSR, he won a bronze medal in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.

Athletic career

Tamm held the world record in hammer throw with 80.46 metres for a brief period in 1980, although his record was soon overcome by teammates Yuriy Sedykh and Sergey Litvinov. Tamm's personal best throw, 84.40 metres, was achieved in 1984.
He finished 5th at the 1992 Summer Olympics, now representing the restored independent Estonia.

Political career

In 1998 Tamm entered political life. He was 3 time elected into the Parliament of Estonia in 1999-2003, in 2003-2007 and in 2007-2011, for the Social Democratic Party. In 2010 he withdraw from the Social Democratic Party and left politics.
He was the Vice President of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 2001 until 2008. Co-founder of the World Olympians Association and from 1998 - present, the Chair of Eesti Sportlaste Ühendus. 2001 - 2005 Chairman of the European Olympic Committees Athletes’ Commission, member of EOC Executive Board. From 2012-2015 Chief of Staff in Ukraine National Olympic Committee. From May 2016 – present, the Vice President of the Estonian Olympic Committee and Chair of the European Olympic Committees EU Commission. Co-founder and head of the Electric Marathon, Pan-European annual race for battery electric vehicles under the patronage of His Serene Highness Prince of Monaco Albert II.
2007–present Honorary Consul of the Principality of Monaco in Estonia.
Awarded 2003 Orden del Merito Civil, “Cruz de Oficial” Spain, 2006 „White Star Orden” IV, Estonia