Tõnu Endrekson

Tõnu Endrekson
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born (1979-06-11) 11 June 1979 (age 45)
Pärnu, Estonia
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight99 kg (218 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
EventM4x
ClubPärnu Sõudeklubi
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsAthens 2004 M2X
Beijing 2008 M2X
London 2012 M4X
Rio 2016 M4X
Tokyo 2020 M4X
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Estonia
International rowing competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 0 0 5
European Championships 3 1 0
World U23 Championship 1 0 0
Total 4 2 6
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Gifu Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Eton Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Munich Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aiguebelette Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarasota Quadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Marathon Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2012 Varese Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2016 Brandenburg Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 2011 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls
Updated on 30 September 2017

Tõnu Endrekson (born 11 June 1979) is an Estonian rower. He is a five-time Olympic finalist and dual Olympic medal winner. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson.[2] He is a member of Pärnu Sõudeklubi (Pärnu Rowing Club), located in Pärnu.

Junior years

Endrekson competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1996 in the double sculls event (24th) and 1997 in the single sculls event (16th). In 2001 he won a gold medal in the World Rowing U23 Regatta (now World Rowing U23 Championships) in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov. The men were third in their preliminary heat and second in semi-final thus earning a place in the Final A. They held the sixth position for the first 1500 metres, but with the strong final 500 metres they managed to clinch the fourth position. Eventually they lost the bronze medal to Italians Rossano Galtarossa and Alessio Sartori by 2,37 seconds.

In Beijing 2008 Endrekson also competed in the double sculls event but now with Estonian rowing legend Jüri Jaanson. The duo was third in their preliminary heat. In the semi-finals the men were second and assured themselves a place in the Final A. They finished second in the final just 0,05 seconds in front of the British duo Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham.

At London 2012, he competed in the men's quadruple sculls with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo, finishing in fourth place.[3]

World Championships

Endrekson debuted in the World Rowing Championships in 2001 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He competed in the quadruple sculls event with Leonid Gulov, Andrei Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.

2002 in Seville, Spain, he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Andrei Šilin, Igor Kuzmin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.

2003 in Milan, Italy Endrekson, Gulov, Šilin and Sonntak were 7th once more.

Endrekson won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu, Japan in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Jämsä, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.

In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton, Great Britain Endrekson was again in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Allar Raja. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.

In 2007 season Endrekson decided to compete in the double sculls with Jaanson. They won two World Cup events and were third in the World Championships in Munich, Germany, after Slovenia and France.

For the 2009 World Championships held in Poznań, Poland, Endrekson was back in the quadruple sculls team, this time together with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Vladimir Latin. The team finished 10th overall.

Endrekson competed in the 2010 World Championships in the single sculls event finishing 9th overall.

In the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships (Lac d'Aiguebelette) he won a bronze medal in the quadruple scull with Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo and Andrei Jämsä

Achievements

Olympic Games

World Rowing Championships

  • 2001 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov)
  • 2002 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin)
  • 2003 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov)
  • 2005 – Bronze Bronze, Quadruple sculls (with Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2006 – Bronze Bronze, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2007 – Bronze Bronze, Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson)
  • 2009 – 10th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin, Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2010 – 9th, Single sculls
  • 2011 – 16th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaur Kuslap, Sten-Erik Anderson, Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2014 – 16th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2015 – Bronze Bronze, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)
  • 2017 – Bronze Bronze, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Allar Raja, Kaur Kuslap)

European Rowing Championships

  • 2008 – Gold Gold, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Andrei Jämsä, Jüri Jaanson)
  • 2009 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Valeri Prosvirnin, Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2010 – 5th, Single sculls
  • 2011 – Silver Silver, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)
  • 2012 – Gold Gold, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)
  • 2013 – 12th, Single sculls
  • 2014 – 14th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä)
  • 2015 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaspar Taimsoo)
  • 2016 – Gold Gold, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)

U23 World Rowing Championships

  • 2001 – Gold Gold, Double sculls (with Leonid Gulov)

Junior World Rowing Championships

  • 1996 – 24th, Double sculls
  • 1997 – 16th, Single sculls

Rowing World Cup

Overall wins

  • Quadruple sculls: 2005
  • Double sculls: 2007

Orders

Order of the White Star, 2nd Class: 2009

References

  1. ^ a b Tõnu Endrekson at World Rowing
  2. ^ ""First Finals day at the 2008 Olympic Rowing Regatta"". Archived from the original on 26 August 2008.
  3. ^ "London 2012 – Rowing – Men's Quadruple Sculls". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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