Erika Salumäe
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Full name | Erika Salumäe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 (age 62) 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 independence in 1991.
Salumäe was born in Pärnu, Estonia. 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.
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
External links
Media related to Erika Salumäe at Wikimedia Commons
- Erika Salumäe at Olympedia
- Erika Salumäe at Olympics.com
- Erika Salumäe at ESBL (in Estonian)
- Erika Salumäe at the Estonian Olympic Committee (archived)
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Preceded by | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1983 – 1984 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1987 – 1990 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1992 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1995 – 1996 | Succeeded by |
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- 1988
Erika Salumäe (URS)
- 1992
Erika Salumäe (EST)
- 1996
Félicia Ballanger (FRA)
- 2000
Félicia Ballanger (FRA)
- 2004
Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)
- 2008
Victoria Pendleton (GBR)
- 2012
Anna Meares (AUS)
- 2016
Kristina Vogel (GER)
- 2020
Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)