Harald Tammer
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| Born | 9 January 1899 Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1942 (aged 43) Sukhobezvodnoye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting, athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw, hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tallinn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | SP – 14.15 m (1922) DT – 41.06 m (1920) HT – 37.18 m (1923)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harald Tammer (9 January 1899 – 6 June 1942) was an
1924 Olympics and came sixth and twelfth, respectively. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for Estonia in 1920,[5] and as a representative of the Estonian Olympic team in 1928 and 1936.[1]
Career
In 1915 Tammer graduated from Tallinn Commerce School and joined the
Eesti Spordileht, and in 1923–33 was a journalist and in 1933–1940 editor-in-chief of Eesti Päevaleht
. In 1928–40 he was a board member of Estonian Journalists Union, and in 1934–35 headed the Baltic Journalists Union. Tammer studied
law and diplomacy at the
Awards
- 21 February 1940 Order of the Estonian Red Cross II class (et: Eesti Punase Risti Teenetemärk II klass)
- 18 June 1936 Order of the Estonian Red Cross II class I (et:Eesti Punase Risti mälestusmärk II järgu I aste)
- 1924 Order of Lāčplēsis nr.3/1816[8]
References
- ^ a b c Harald Tammer. sports-reference.com
- ^ Harald Tammer. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Harald Tammer". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Harald Tammer. chidlovski.net
- ^ Estonia. sports-reference.com
- ^ Tammer, Harald. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ (in Latvian) Lāčplēša kaŗa ordeņa kavalieŗi: biogrāfija Tammer, Harald. Lāčplēša kaŗa ordeņa kavalieŗi
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harald Tammer.
- Short biography – Members of Tallinn Rotary Club 1930–40
- What Happened to Rotary and rotarians in 1940 and 1941 in Estonia and the Baltic States
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