Anu Kaljurand

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Anu Kaljurand
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born (1969-04-16) 16 April 1969 (age 55)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Heptathlon
100 metres hurdles
Long jump
College team BYU Cougars

Anu Kaljurand (born 16 April 1969 [1] ) is a retired Estonian heptathlete.

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Career

She finished seventeenth in the heptathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics [2] and won the gold medal at the 1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [3] Her score of 6142 points was her lifetime best, [2] and was unmatched at the Championships since Jackie Joyner in 1983.

She also competed individually in the heptathlon events, winning the silver medal in the long jump at both the 1986 World Junior Championships and the 1988 World Junior Championships. [4] She competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. [2] She also holds the world U18 indoor best in long jump with 6.61.

Personal life

In 1990 she enrolled at Brigham Young University as the first Soviet citizen to do so. She competed in athletics for the BYU Cougars. Graduating in Russian from Brigham Young University in 1993, she later got an MBA at Westminster College in 1997. [3] Kaljurand is living with high jumper Marko Turban, [5] they have two children.

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References

  1. "Kaljurand, Anu". ESBL. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anu Kaljurand Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Anu Kaljurand". BYU Cougars . Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. Anu Kaljurand at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. "KALJURAND, ANU". ESBL (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 November 2017.