Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.Estonian records . EKJL. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
In 1979 and 1980, Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonian Athlete of the Year. In 1980, Uudmäe's coach, Jaan Jürgenson, was nominated as the USSR Coach of the Year, and Jaak himself as the USSR Master Sportsman of the Year. He was the runner-up at the 1979 Soviet Spartakiad, behind Gennadiy Valyukevich.
His two sons, Jaanus Uudmäe and Jaak Joonas Uudmäe, are also both long and triple jumpers.
1980 Olympics His victory at the 1980 Summer Olympics was adjudicated by an all-Soviet panel. Some observers later claimed that the bronze medalist João Carlos de Oliveira and fifth-placer Ian Campbell both produced multiple jumps longer than Uudmäe's, though the Soviet judges ruled all these as fouls, to protestations from the athletes and questioning by several observers. Uudmäe's longest jump was also ruled as a foul.Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-04-11. In 2015, Athletics Australia made a request to the International Association of Athletics Federations to investigate the matter and review the outcome.Australia demands probe of triple jump final at 1980 Games. Reuters (2015-07-25). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
International competitions 1977European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 2ndTriple jump16.46 m1979European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 3rdTriple jump16.91 mUniversiadeMexico City, Mexico2ndTriple jump17.20 m1980Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 1stTriple jump17.35 mEuropean Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 2ndTriple jump16.51 m1981World CupRome, Italy4thTriple jump16.83 mEuropean CupZagreb, Yugoslavia1stTriple jump16.97 m1983European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5thTriple jump16.56 m
National titles Estonian Athletics Championships Triple jump: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988 Estonian Indoor Championships Triple jump: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985 Long jump: 1978
See also Triple jump at the Olympics 100 great Estonians of the 20th century List of Estonian sportspeople List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men)
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