Tõnu Haljand (1 July 1945 – 28 August 1997) was an Estonian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...

skier and coach who competed for the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. Haljand finished 12th in the Nordic combined event at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...

and 12th at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place on 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was ...

. He was the Soviet Union's champion in Nordic combined skiing in 1973 and won silver medal in 1970, and bronze medals in 1966 and 1975.

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* 1945 births 1997 deaths Estonian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Soviet Union Nordic combined skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Skiers from Tallinn {{Estonia-skijumping-bio-stub