Full name Imre Taveter Name Imre Taveter Nationality Estonia Height 1.81 m | Class(es) Dinghy Weight 96 kg Club Parnu Yachtclub | |
Born 21 April 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-04-21 ) Keila, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union | ||
Imre Taveter (born 21 April 1967 in Keila) is a retired Estonian sailor who specialized in the Finn class. He has been selected to compete for Estonia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has trained throughout his sporting career at Pärnu Yachtclub.
Taveter made his Olympic debut, as a 33-year-old yachtsman, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished twenty-second in the Finn class with a grade of 102.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Taveter had been offered an invitational place from the International Sailing Federation to compete on his second Estonian team in the men's Finn class. Taveter recorded a net grade of 221 to round out the fleet of twenty-five sailors in last place, trailing Italy's Michele Marchesini in the overall standings by a twenty-point margin.