Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...
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Estonia
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n sports physician and military officer.
In 1979 he graduated from
Tartu State University
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.
From 1990 to 1996 he was the head physician and the head of the Dünamix sports medicine centre. From 1984 to 2001 he was a physician for the Estonian rowing team.
Since 1993 he has also been active in the
Estonian Defence Forces
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. From 2000 to 2001, he was commandant of the
Estonian National Defence College
The Estonian Military Academy () is an institution of applied higher education for national defence in Tartu, Estonia.
The institutions mission is to train and educate regular officers for the Estonian Defence Forces and Estonian Defence Leag ...
.
Awards
* 2006:
Order of the Cross of the Eagle
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