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Tõnu Tõniste

Tõniste in 2017
Personal information
Born	26 April 1967 (1967-04-26) (age 57) Tallinn, Estonia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	470, Melges 24, 49er
Medal record Men's sailing Olympic Games Representing the  Soviet Union 1988 Seoul 470 class Representing  Estonia 1992 Barcelona 470 class

Tõnu Tõniste (born 26 April 1967) is an Estonian Olympic sailor. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988, winning a silver and a bronze medal in the men's 470 class, for the Soviet Union (silver, 1988) and for Estonia (bronze, 1992). He did so with his twin brother Toomas Tõniste. Now he is sailing in team Lenny in the Melges 24 class.

References

1. Profile at ESBL (in Estonian)
2. sports-reference

External links

• Melges 24 Hall of Fame, Corinthian Melges 24 European Champions by Year, melges24.com
  • 2011 Aarhus, Denmark Tõnu Tõniste (EST)
  • 2014 Balatonfüred, Hungary Tõnu Tõniste (EST)
• Tõnu Tõniste at World Sailing
• Tõnu Tõniste at Olympics.com
• Tõnu Tõniste at Olympedia (archive)
• Tõnu Tõniste at ESBL (in Estonian)

Summer Olympics
Preceded byJüri Jaanson	Flagbearer for  Estonia Sydney 2000	Succeeded byErki Nool

v t e Soling French Championship Winners
Fleet racing	1979 Cheret 1988 Pascot, Picard, Level 1989  Soviet Union Tõniste, Tauts, Poljakov 1991  United Kingdom Smith 1994 Loday 1995 Bouet 1996 le Guillou

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• 1967 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Tallinn
• Estonian male sailors (sport)
• Soviet male sailors (sport)
• Estonian twins
• Olympic sailors for the Soviet Union
• Olympic sailors for Estonia
• Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470
• Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470
• Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470
• Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
• Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
• Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia
• Olympic medalists in sailing
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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