Rein Aun was 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 athlete who represented the USSR

Soviet Union

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. He competed in the decathlon

Decathlon

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, winning a silver medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

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 in Tokyo

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. He was 1.90 m (6 feet 3 inches) tall and weighed 86 kg (190 lbs). His trainer was Vladimir Zulin.

He was born October 5, 1940, in the Nõmme

Nõmme

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 district of Tallinn

Tallinn

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. He had four brothers and one sister. Aun trained at VSS Kalev in Tartu

Tartu

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At the Tokyo Olympics, he earned a silver medal with 7,842 points, coming in second place between Willi Holdorf

Willi Holdorf

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, who received the gold medal, and Hans-Joachim Walde

Hans-Joachim Walde

Hans-Joachim Walde is a West German former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon.Walde competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in the decathlon, where he won the bronze medal. He returned for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico...

, who received the bronze, both from the United Team of Germany

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In 1966, at the 8th European Championships in Athletics

1966 European Championships in Athletics

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, which were held in Budapest

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, Hungary

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, he placed fifth with 7,378 points behind four West Germans.

His record of 7,898 points came on August 18, 1968, in Leninakan, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 (currently Gyumri

Gyumri

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, Armenia

Armenia

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): 10.5 s - 7.07 m - 14.98 m - 1.83 m - 49.4 s - 15.2 s - 47.52 m - 4.30 m - 68.40 m - 4:38.6 min.

Rein Aun died on March 11, 1995, and is buried in the Liiva Cemetery in Tallinn.