Aleksander Tammert (born 2 February 1973) is an Estonian discus thrower.
Athletics career Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal. A month later he placed third at the World Athletics Final.
In 2005 Tammert placed fourth at both the World Championships and the World Athletics Final. Fellow Estonian Gerd Kanter won silver medals at both these events.
In 2006 he placed third at both the European Championships and the World Athletics Final. Kanter again won silver medals at both these events.
His personal best throw is 70.82m (232'3½"), set on 15 April 2006 in Denton, Texas.
Achievements YearTournamentVenueResultMark1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden23rd58.64Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 8th58.141996Olympic GamesAtlanta, U.S.25th59.041997World Championships Athens, Greece12th59.44Universiade Sicily, Italy 5th61.841998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary20th57.621999World Championships Seville, Spain10th62.29Universiade Palma, Majorca, Spain 4th61.952000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia9th63.252001World Championships Edmonton, Canada16th61.04UniversiadeBeijing, China 1st65.192002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany 5th64.552003World Championships Paris, France7th64.50World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco6th64.022004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece 3rd66.66World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 3rd63.692005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 4th64.84World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 4th65.222006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 3rd66.14World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 3rd64.942007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan8th64.332008Olympic GamesBeijing, China12th61.322009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th62.242010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain18th60.072012Olympic GamesLondon, Great Britain27th60.20
Personal Aleksander Tammert is married to Slovenian javelin thrower Elizabeta Randjelovič Tammert with whom he has two daughters.
His father, Aleksander Tammert Sr. (28 April 1947 – 27 October 2006), was a retired shot putter and athletics coach. He won the European Junior Championships in 1966.Estonian Post Times
Aleksander Tammert is a SMU Mustangs class of 1996.
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