Estonia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Estonia at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics

IAAF code

EST

National federation

Eesti Kergejõustikuliit

Website

Competitors

Medals
Ranked 32nd

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	1

Estonia competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 19 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team includes reigning Olympic discus throw champion Gerd Kanter and European Indoor champions Mikk Pahapill and Ksenija Balta.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event
03 ! Bronze	Kanter, GerdGerd Kanter	Men's discus throw

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
High jump		Anna Iljuštšenko
Long jump		Ksenija Balta Sirkka-Liisa Kivine
Triple jump	Lauri Leis	Kaire Leibak
Shot put	Taavi Peetre
Discus throw	Gerd Kanter Aleksander Tammert Märt Israel
Javelin throw	Andrus Värnik Mihkel Kukk Tanel Laanmäe	Moonika Aava
Heptathlon	—	Kaie Kand
Decathlon	Mikk Pahapill Andres Raja Mikk-Mihkel Arro	—

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m	Marek Niit	21.21	39 Q	DNS		Did not advance
1500 m	Tiidrek Nurme	3:43.73 SB	28	Did not advance

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Triple jump	Lauri Leis	15.98	38	Did not advance
Shot put	Taavi Peetre	19.91	15	Did not advance
Discus throw	Gerd Kanter	66.73	2 Q	66.88
	Aleksander Tammert	62.24	13	Did not advance
	Märt Israel	59.58	22	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Andrus Värnik	DNS
	Mihkel Kukk	78.18	16	Did not advance
	Tanel Laanmäe	NM	—	Did not advance
Decathlon	Mikk Pahapill			DNF
	Andres Raja			8119	15
	Mikk-Mihkel Arro			7528	33

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Ksenija Balta	6.59	8 Q	6.62	8
Long jump	Sirkka-Liisa Kivine	6.10	33	Did not advance
Triple jump	Kaire Leibak	DNS
High jump	Anna Iljuštšenko	1.89	17	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Moonika Aava	53.86	26	Did not advance
Heptathlon	Kaie Kand			5,760	18

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