Laine Erik
Laine Erik at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | 21 April 1942 (1942-04-21) (age 82) Särevere village, Reichskommissariat Ostland | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Estonian University of Life Sciences | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 800 m | |||||||||||
Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 800 m – 2:03.6 (1967)[1] | |||||||||||
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Laine Erik (married name Kallas; born 21 April 1942) is an Estonian agricultural scientist and a retired middle-distance runner.
Running
Erik specialized in the 800 metres. In this event she finished sixth at the 1964 Olympics, while at the 1968 Games she was eliminated in semifinals.[2] She won the Soviet titles in 1964, 1967 and 1968. In 1965 she won a gold medal at the Summer Universiade, and in 1964 she was part of the Soviet 3×800 m team that set a world record.[3]
Science
She graduated from the Zootechnics Faculty of Estonian Agricultural Academy in 1969 and in 1984 defended a PhD in agricultural sciences. Between 1969 and 1996 she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Animal Science of Estonian Agricultural University,[3] and after that as a company manager.
References
External links
- Laine Erik at World Athletics
- Laine Erik at Olympedia
- Laine Erik at Olympics.com
- Laine Erik at ESBL (in Estonian)
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by None (Title established) | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1967–1968 | Succeeded by |
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- 1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA)
- 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG)
- 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN)
- 1965: Laine Erik (URS)
- 1967: Madeline Manning (USA)
- 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
- 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL)
- 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS)
- 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL)
- 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS)
- 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)
- 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS)
- 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)
- 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS)
- 1993: Amy Wickus (USA)
- 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED)
- 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR)
- 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS)
- 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO)
- 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM)
- 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)
- 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)
- 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS)
- 2011: Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
- 2013: Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ)
- 2015: Angie Petty (NZL)
- 2017: Rose Mary Almanza (CUB)
- 2019: Catriona Bisset (AUS)
- 2021: Laura Pellicoro (ITA)
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