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Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Tartu | 27 February 1990
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Sport | Track and field |
Event | Heptathlon |
Mari Klaup (born 27 February 1990) is an Estonian athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. [1] She competed in the heptathlon event at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow she was 21st.
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Place | Date |
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200 metres | 25.54 | -0.2 | Moscow | 12 August 2013 |
800 metres | 2:18.35 | Desenzano del Garda | 8 May 2011 | |
100 metres hurdles | 13.84 | +1.3 | Rakvere | 15 September 2015 |
100 metres hurdles | 13. | +3.7 | Rakvere | 15 August 2015 |
High jump | 1.83 | Rakvere | 27 June 2014 | |
Long jump | 5.96 | +1.0 | Pärnu | 17 June 2018 |
Shot put | 13.40 | Rakvere | 13 July 2014 | |
Javelin throw | 53.56 | Pärnu | 17 June 2018 | |
Heptathlon | 6023 | Rakvere | 16 August 2015 |
Discipline | Performance | Place | Date |
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800 metres | 2:23.27 | Tallinn | 4 February 2012 |
60 metres hurdles | 8.77 | Göteborg | 31 January 2015 |
High jump | 1.82 | Göteborg | 3 December 2011 |
Long jump | 5.80 | Tallinn | 6 February 2011 |
Shot put | 11.41 | Tallinn | 6 February 2011 |
Pentathlon | 4100 | Tallinn | 6 February 2011 |
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