Tanel Visnap

Tanel Visnap

Personal information
Born	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 33) Estonia
Sport
Country	Estonia
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres High jump Long jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Estonia Deaflympics 2025 Tokyo 100 m 2025 Tokyo 200 m 2025 Tokyo Long jump 2021 Caxias do Sul Long jump 2021 Caxias do Sul High jump

Tanel Visnap (born 23 September 1992) is an Estonian athlete who specializes in sprinting and jumping events.

Career

At the 2019 World Indoor Deaf Athletics Championships in Tallinn, Visnap won bronze medals in the long jump and heptathlon. ^{[1] [2]}

At the 2021 World Deaf Championships in Lublin, Poland, Visnap won two gold medals and one bronze. He won the 100 m race with a time of 10.54 and the 200 m race with a time of 21.46, which became new World Deaf Championships records. He also won the bronze medal in the long jump with a time of 7.00. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2022, he competed at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, where he won the gold medal in the men's long jump with a personal best of 7.43. Visnap's result was the second highest ever at the Deaflympics; only Dean Barton-Smith of New Zealand (7.63 in Christchurch, 1989) has jumped further. ^[5] He also won the bronze medal in the long jump. ^[6]

In 2023, Visnap won the gold medal at the Estonian Athletics Championships with a time of 7.42, and was third in the 100 m race with a time of 10.85. ^{[7] [8]}

In November 2025, Visnap competed at the Summer Deaflympics and won the gold medal in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "Tanel Visnap võitis MM-i avapäeval pronksmedali" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Eesti seitsmevõistleja sai kurtide MM-il pronksmedali" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
3. "Tanel Visnap krooniti 100 m jooksus kurtide maailmameistriks" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
4. "Tanel Visnap tuli ka 200 m jooksus kurtide maailmameistriks!" (in Estonian). EKJL. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
5. "Tanel Visnap võitis kurtide olümpial kuldmedali" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 10 May 2022.
6. "Landar ja Visnap võitsid kurtide olümpiamängudel pronksmedali" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 11 May 2022.
7. Mariliis (30 July 2023). "Eesti meistrivõistluste teine päev | Rasmus Mägi täitis olümpianormi" (in Estonian). Eesti Kergejõustikuliit. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
8. Mariliis (29 July 2023). "Eesti meistrivõistluste avapäeval näitasid sprinterid kiireid aegu" (in Estonian). Eesti Kergejõustikuliit. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
9. "Estonia's Tanel Visnap wins Deaflympics 100m gold in Tokyo, sets new world record". ERR. 18 September 2025.
10. "Tanel Visnap wins his third Deaflympics gold in Tokyo". ERR. 24 November 2025.