Jüri Tamm

Jüri Tamm (5 February 1957 – 22 September 2021) was an Estonian hammer thrower and politician.

He finished 5th at the 1992 Summer Olympics, now representing the restored independent Estonia.

In 2010 he withdrew from the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and left politics.

He was the Vice President of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 2001 until 2008, co-founder of the World Olympians Association (WOA) and from 1998 to 2021, the Chair of Eesti Sportlaste Ühendus (Estonian Olympians Union), from 2001 to 2005 Chairman of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Athletes’ Commission, member of EOC Executive Board.

He was co-founder and head of the Electric Marathon, Pan-European annual race for battery electric vehicles (BEV) under the patronage of His Serene Highness Prince of Monaco Albert II and from 2007–2021 Honorary Consul of the Principality of Monaco in Estonia.