Tõnu Endrekson

Junior years Endrekson competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1996 in the double sculls event (24th) and 1997 in the single sculls event (16th). In 2001 he won a gold medal in the World Rowing U23 Regatta (now World Rowing U23 Championships) in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov.

Olympic Games His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov. The men were third in their preliminary heat and second in semi-final thus earning a place in the Final A. They held the sixth position for the first 1500 metres, but with the strong final 500 metres they managed to clinch the fourth position. Eventually they lost the bronze medal to Italians Rossano Galtarossa and Alessio Sartori by 2,37 seconds.

In Beijing 2008 Endrekson also competed in the double sculls event but now with Estonian rowing legend Jüri Jaanson. The duo was third in their preliminary heat. In the semi-finals the men were second and assured themselves a place in the Final A. They finished second in the final just 0,05 seconds in front of the British duo Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham.

At London 2012, he competed in the men's quadruple sculls with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo, finishing in fourth place.

World Championships Endrekson debuted in the World Rowing Championships in 2001 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He competed in the quadruple sculls event with Leonid Gulov, Andrei Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.

2002 in Seville, Spain, he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Andrei Šilin, Igor Kuzmin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.

2003 in Milan, Italy Endrekson, Gulov, Šilin and Sonntak were 7th once more.

Endrekson won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu, Japan in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Jämsä, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.

In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton, Great Britain Endrekson was again in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Allar Raja. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.

In 2007 season Endrekson decided to compete in the double sculls with Jaanson. They won two World Cup events and were third in the World Championships in Munich, Germany, after Slovenia and France.

For the 2009 World Championships held in Poznań, Poland, Endrekson was back in the quadruple sculls team, this time together with Jämsä, Kuzmin and Vladimir Latin. The team finished 10th overall.

Endrekson competed in the 2010 World Championships in the single sculls event finishing 9th overall.

In the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships (Lac d'Aiguebelette) he won a bronze medal in the quadruple scull with Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo and Andrei Jämsä

Achievements Olympic Games Medals: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze World Championship Medals: 5 Bronze European Championship Medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver World U23 Championship Medals: 1 Gold

Olympic Games 2004 – 4th, Double sculls (with Leonid Gulov) 2008 – Silver , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) 2012 – 4th, Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2016 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2020 – 6th, Quadruple sculls (with Jüri-Mikk Udam, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)

World Rowing Championships 2001 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov) 2002 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin) 2003 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov) 2005 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Andrei Jämsä) 2006 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Jämsä) 2007 – Bronze , Double sculls (with Jüri Jaanson) 2009 – 10th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin, Andrei Jämsä) 2010 – 9th, Single sculls 2011 – 16th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaur Kuslap, Sten-Erik Anderson, Andrei Jämsä) 2014 – 16th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä) 2015 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2017 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Allar Raja, Kaur Kuslap)

European Rowing Championships 2008 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Andrei Jämsä, Jüri Jaanson) 2009 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Igor Kuzmin, Valeri Prosvirnin, Andrei Jämsä) 2010 – 5th, Single sculls 2011 – Silver , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2012 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2013 – 12th, Single sculls 2014 – 14th, Double sculls (with Andrei Jämsä) 2015 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaspar Taimsoo) 2016 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo)

U23 World Rowing Championships 2001 – Gold , Double sculls (with Leonid Gulov)

Junior World Rowing Championships 1996 – 24th, Double sculls 1997 – 16th, Single sculls

Rowing World Cup Overall wins Quadruple sculls: 2005 Double sculls: 2007

Tõnu Endrekson Rowing World Cup appearances # Date Venue Country Position Class Crew 2000 1. 23–25 June 2000 Vienna, Austria Austria FB 8th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Jüri Jaanson 2. 14–16 July 2000 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FB 11th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Silver Sonntak 2001 3. 13–15 July 2001 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany H3 Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Silver Sonntak 2002 4. 14–16 June 2002 Hazewinkel Belgium FA 5th Quad scull (b) Silver Sonntak, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 5. 1–3 August 2002 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 4th Quad scull (b) Silver Sonntak, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 2003 6. 29–31 May 2003 Idroscalo, Milan Italy FB 11th Quad scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, (s) Igor Kuzmin 7. 11–13 July 2003 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 6th Quad scull (b) Silver Sonntak, Andrei Šilin, Leonid Gulov, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 2004 8. 7–9 May 2004 Lake Malta, Poznań Poland FA 2nd File:Med 2.png Double scull (b) Leonid Gulov, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 9. 27–29 May 2004 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany FA 6th Double scull (b) Leonid Gulov, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 10. 18–20 June 2004 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 5th Double scull (b) Leonid Gulov, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 2005 11. 26–28 May 2005 Dorney Lake, Dorney Great Britain FA 1st File:Med 1.png Quad scull (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 12. 8–10 July 2005 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 1st File:Med 1.png Quad scull (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 2006 13. 25–27 May 2006 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany FB 11th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 14. 15–17 June 2006 Lake Malta, Poznań Poland FB 7th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 15. 7–9 July 2006 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 5th Quad scull (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 2007 16. 1–3 June 2007 Danube, Linz / Ottensheim Austria FA 5th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Jüri Jaanson 17. 22–24 June 2007 Bosbaan, Amsterdam Netherlands FA 1st File:Med 1.png Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Jüri Jaanson 18. 13–15 July 2007 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 1st File:Med 1.png Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Jüri Jaanson 2008 19. 20–22 June 2008 Lake Malta, Poznań Poland FA 3rd File:Med 3.png Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Jüri Jaanson 2010 20. 28–30 May 2010 Lake Bled, Bled Slovenia H4 Single scull Tõnu Endrekson 21. 18–20 June 2010 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany FC 16th Double scull (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 22. 9–11 July 2010 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FC 15th Double scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 2011 23. 27–29 May 2011 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany FD 19th Single scull Tõnu Endrekson 24. 8–10 July 2011 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FB 11th Quad scull (b) Joosep Laos, Vladimir Latin, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä 2012 25. 4–6 May 2012 Sava, Belgrade Serbia FA 3rd File:Med 3.png Quad scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo 26. 25–27 May 2012 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 4th Quad scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo 27. 15–17 June 2012 Oberschleissheim, Munich Germany FA 6th Quad scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo 2014 28. 20–22 June 2014 Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette France FB 11th Double scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 29. 11–13 July 2014 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FD 19th Double scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson 2015 30. 9–10 May 2015 Lake Bled, Bled Slovenia FB 7th Quad scull (b) Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo 31. 10–12 July 2015 Rotsee, Lucerne Switzerland FA 3rd File:Med 3.png Quad scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo2016 32. 15–17 April 2016 Lake Varese, Varese Italy FA 4th Quad scull (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo

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