Uno Palu (8 February 1933 – 15 January 2024) was an Estonian

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

who represented the

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. He trained at

Dynamo "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, ) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos employed electromagnets for self-starting by using residual magnetic field left in the iron cores ...

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. At the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

he finished fourth in decathlon. He won a silver medal at the 1958 European Championships. Palu died on 15 January 2024, at the age of 90.Suri kümnevõistleja Uno Palu

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1933 births 2024 deaths People from Sindi, Estonia Sportspeople from Pärnu County Soviet decathletes Estonian decathletes Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub