Andrei Jämsä is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu

Pärnu

Pärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga...

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Junior years

Jämsä competed in the U-23 world Regatta in the double sculls event in 2002 with Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva.-Junior years:...

, earning 7th position and in 2003 with Oleg Vinogradov earning 4th position.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Šilin, Kuzmin and Vinogradov earning 9th position overall.

In Beijing 2008 Jämsä competed in the single sculls event earning 17th position overall.

World championships

Jämsä's debut in the World Rowing Championships

World Rowing Championships

The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

 took place in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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 in 2003, where he competed in the double sculls event with Kuzmin earning 9th position overall.

Jämsä won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu

Gifu, Gifu

is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...

, Japan

Japan

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 in the quadruple sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson

Tõnu Endrekson

Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...

, Leonid Gulov

Leonid Gulov

Leonid Gulov is a retired Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva....

 and Jüri Jaanson

Jüri Jaanson

Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later, at age 38 he won an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer...

 when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.

In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton

Eton, Berkshire

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, Great Britain

Great Britain

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 Jämsä was again the strokesman in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Kuzmin and Allar Raja

Allar Raja

Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.

Rowing World Cup

Overall wins

• Quadruple sculls: 2005

Year	Event	Position	Class
2004	Poznan, Poland	4th	Quadruple Sculls
	Munich, Germany	2nd	Quadruple Sculls
	Lucerne, Switzerland	10th	Quadruple Sculls
2005	Eton, Great Britain	1st	Quadruple Sculls
	Lucerne, Switzerland	1st	Quadruple Sculls
2006	Munich, Germany	11th	Double Sculls
	Poznan, Poland	7th	Double Sculls
	Lucerne, Switzerland	5th	Quadruple Sculls

External links

• Biography at worldrowing.com
• Biography at soudeliit.ee
• Andrei Jämsä fanclub
• sports-reference