Erika Salumäe
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| Full name | Erika Salumäe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 1962 Pärnu, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erika Salumäe (born 11 June 1962) is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained its independence in 1991. As of 2016[update], she remains as the only Estonian female medalist at the Summer Olympics after regaining their independence.
She was born in Pärnu. She trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn. At the 1983 Summer Universiade she won two gold medals, in the women's sprint and women's 500 m time trial and the silver medal in the women's points race.[1] Salumäe won the gold medal in track cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, competing for the USSR team and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, competing for Estonia.[2]
At World Championships from 1984 to 1989, she won 2 golds (1987 and 1989), 2 silvers (1984 and 1986) and 1 bronze (1995).[3] From 1982 to 1989, she set 15 world records and was elected the Best Estonian Athlete in 1983, 1984, 1987–1990, 1992, 1995, and 1996.
In 2008, Salumäe participated as a celebrity contestant on the third season of Tantsud tähtedega, the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dancing partner was Kristjan Kuusk.
References
- ^ "Track Cycling Universiade". sportfieber.pytalhost.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erika Salumäe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Erika Salumäe Archived 11 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Olympic Committee. eok.ee
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Pärnu
- Estonian female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Estonia
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for Estonia
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Estonian politicians
- Universiade medalists in cycling
- Estonian track cyclists
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade