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Marek Kaleta (born December 17, 1961) is a retired male javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union in the 1980s and later on Estonia. He set his personal best 83.30, which was the Estonian national record this time, on 12 August 1990 in Pieksämäki, Finland.[1] Kaleta is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.

Achievements [edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	16th	76.10 m
1990	European Championships	Split, FR Yugoslavia	14th	77.64 m
Representing Estonia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	24th	74.80 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st	74.46 m

References [edit]

IAAF profile for Marek Kaleta

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Javelin Throw

1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG)
1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN)
1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS)
1965: Rolf Herings (FRG)
1967: Dave Travis (GBR)
1970: Miklós Németh (HUN)
1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS)
1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROM)
1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS)
1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG)
1981 – 1983: Dainis Kūla (URS)
1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM)
1987: Marek Kaleta (URS)
1989 – 1991: Steve Backley (GBR)
1993: Louis Fouché (RSA)
1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN)
1997: Marius Corbett (RSA)
1999 – 2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT)
2003: Igor Janik (POL)
2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT)
2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT)
2011: Fatih Avan (TUR)

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