Rein Ahun (22 March 1940 – 14 December 2016) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n athletics coach. He was born in Valga. In 1963 he graduated from

Tartu State University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

's Institute of Physical Education. In youth he was an athlete. 1954–1959 he was coached by Meinhard Kukli, and 1959–1963 Valter Kalam. He was focused on hammer throw. From 1963 until 1967, he was a track and field athletics coach at

Trudovye Rezervy Trudovye Rezervy (russian: Трудовые резервы; English: Workforce/Labour Reserves) — one of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR. It was to involve in physical culture and sports the students of the country's vocational schoo ...

. From 1980 until 1984, he was a lecturer at the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute. From 1984, he was an athletics coach at the

Karksi-Nuia Karksi-Nuia (before 1987 ''Nuia'') is a town in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County, southern Estonia close to the Latvian border. The nearest villages are Univere to the west, Polli and Karksi to the north, and Kõvaküla to the south. History Kark ...

sports club, and from 1984 to 2004 he was also a physical education teacher at the August Kitzberg Gymnasium. Among his students were

Margus Hunt Margus Hunt (born July 14, 1987) is an Estonians, Estonian professional American football defensive end who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at SMU Mu ...

and

Märt Israel Märt Israel (born 23 September 1983 in Karksi-Nuia) is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista (his previous best was 66.56 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Helsingborg Helsing ...

. Awards: * 2003: () * 2006: state sports prize () * 2006:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Balti ...

, V class

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1940 births 2016 deaths Estonian sports coaches Estonian male hammer throwers Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni Sportspeople from Valga, Estonia {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub