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Tõnu Endrekson

Tõnu Endrekson
Tõnu Endrekson Varese 2012.jpg
Personal information
Nationality Estonian
Born (1979-06-11) 11 June 1979 (age 37)
Pärnu, Estonia
Residence Pärnu, Estonia
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb; 15.6 st)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Event(s) M4x
Club Pärnu Sõudeklubi
Updated on 10 March 2016.

Tõnu Endrekson (born 11 June 1979) is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson. He is a member of rowing club "Pärnu Sõudeklubi" (Pärnu Rowing Club) located in Pärnu.

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.

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.


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