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Erika Salumäe (born 11 June 1962) is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained independence in 1991.

Erika Salumäe

Erika Salumäe in 1992
Personal information
Full name	Erika Salumäe
Born	(1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 (age 60) Pärnu, Estonia
Team information
Discipline	Track cycling
Role	Rider
Medal record Women's track cycling International track cycling competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 2 2 1 Summer Universiade 2 1 0 Total 6 3 1 Representing  Estonia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Sprint World Championships 1995 Bogotá Sprint Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Sprint World Championships 1987 Vienna Sprint 1989 Lyon Sprint 1984 Barcelona Sprint 1986 Colorado Springs Sprint Summer Universiade 1983 Edmonton Sprint 1983 Edmonton Time trial 1983 Edmonton Points race

Salumäe was born in Pärnu, Estonia. She trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn. At the 1983 Summer Universiade she won two gold medals, in the women's sprint and women's 500 m time trial and the silver medal in the women's points race.[1] Salumäe won the gold medal in track cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, competing for the USSR team and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, competing for Estonia.[2]

At World Championships from 1984 to 1989, she won 2 golds (1987 and 1989), 2 silvers (1984 and 1986) and 1 bronze (1995).[3] From 1982 to 1989, she set 15 world records and was elected the Best Estonian Athlete in 1983, 1984, 1987–1990, 1992, 1995, and 1996.

References

Awards
Preceded by Inna Rose	Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1983 – 1984	Succeeded by Kaija Parve-Helinurm
Preceded by Kaija Parve-Helinurm	Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1987 – 1990	Succeeded by Kristiina Nurk
Preceded by Kristiina Nurk	Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Oksana Jermakova
Preceded by Margrit Tooman	Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 1995 – 1996	Succeeded by Kristina Šmigun

На других языках

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- [en] Erika Salumäe

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[it] Erika Salumäe

Erika Salumäe (Pärnu, 11 giugno 1962) è un'ex pistard estone, campionessa olimpica di velocità nel 1988 (in rappresentanza dell'Unione Sovietica) a Seul e nel 1992 a Barcellona.

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[ru] Салумяэ, Эрика Акселевна

Э́рика Аксе́левна[2] Салумяэ (эст. Erika Salumäe; род. 11 июня 1962, Пярну) — советская и эстонская велогонщица (специализация: спринт), олимпийская чемпионка Сеула и Барселоны, чемпионка мира и 19-кратная рекордсменка мира. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1987).

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