Taavi Peetre
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| Nationality | Estonian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1983 Käina Parish, Hiiu County |
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| Died | 11 September 2010 (aged 27) Lake Tamula, Võru |
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| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
Shot put: 20.33 m Discus: 60.84 m |
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Taavi Peetre (5 July 1983 – 11 September 2010) was an Estonian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented his country at two Olympic Games (in 2004 and 2008) and also took part in the World Championships in Athletics on two occasions. His personal best shot put mark of 20.33 m is the second best by an Estonian thrower after Heino Sild. His personal best in discus throw was 60.84 m, achieved in April 2010 in Denton, Texas, USA. He died in 2010 after a boat accident.
Born in Käina Parish, his first major international competition was the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he was tenth in the discus throw qualifiers of the competition's inaugural edition. Peetre finished ninth in the shot put final at the 2002 World Junior Championships, having already thrown a national junior record of 17.71 m earlier that year, and also competed in the qualifiers of the discus contest. He improved his best shot put mark to 19.02 m the following year and made his first Olympic appearance at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Having changed his focus to primarily the shot put, the 2005 season marked a further breakthrough into the senior ranks. He represented Estonia at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships and then at the 2005 World Championships later in the season, but did not get past the qualifiers on either occasion. He enjoyed success at lower level competitions, however, winning shot put silver medals at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships, 2005 Universiade, and in the A League of the 2005 European Cup.
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