Toomas Turb (born 31 January 1957) is an

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

n athletics competitor. He was born in

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, Pärnu County. In 1980 he graduated from

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's Faculty of Physical Education. He started his sporting exercising in 1969, coached by Ain Koovit. Later his coaches were Rein Rooks and Olav Karikosk. In 1981 he won gold medal at Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 10,000 metres. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different running disciplines. Personal best: * 1500 m: 3.45,3 (1982) * 5000 m: 13.30,53 (1982) * 10 000 m: 27.54,18 (1981) * half marathon: 1:04.41 (1992)

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Living people 1957 births Estonian male long-distance runners Estonian male middle-distance runners Tallinn University alumni People from Saarde Parish Sportspeople from Pärnu County Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub