Heino Puuste is a retired javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er who represented the USSR

Soviet Union

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 and later Estonia

Estonia

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. He finished fourth at both the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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 and the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

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, and won a silver medal at the 1982 European Championships

1982 European Championships in Athletics

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. He also won bronze medals at the Universiade

Universiade

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 in 1979 and 1981

Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade

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. On May 6, 1983, he threw at Birmingham

Birmingham

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 a new Soviet record of 94.20 meters, eclipsing the old mark (and former world record) of 93.80 by Jānis Lūsis

Janis Lusis

Jānis Lūsis is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw.Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society...

. This record was never beaten as increasing distances and frequent flat or ambiguous landings prompted a change to a new javelin design, effective starting in 1986.
Puuste later became an athletics coach, most notably coaching the 2005

2005 World Championships in Athletics

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 javelin throw world champion Andrus Värnik

Andrus Värnik

Andrus Värnik is an Estonian javelin thrower. His personal best set in 2003, 87.83 m, is also the Estonian record....

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