Anu Kaljurand
{{short description|Estonian hurdler}}
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| name = Anu Kaljurand
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| nationality = Estonian
| sport = Track and field
| event = Heptathlon
100 metres hurdles
Long jump
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| collegeteam = BYU Cougars
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
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Anu Kaljurand (born 16 April 1969{{cite web |title=Kaljurand, Anu |url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Anu_Kaljurand |publisher=ESBL |accessdate=1 October 2019}}) is a retired Estonian heptathlete.
Career
She finished seventeenth in the heptathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/anu-kaljurand-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/anu-kaljurand-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Anu Kaljurand Olympic Results |accessdate=30 September 2017}} and won the gold medal at the 1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url=https://byucougars.com/athlete/w-track-field/15954/Anu-Kaljurand|title=Anu Kaljurand|publisher=BYU Cougars|access-date=20 September 2019}} Her score of 6142 points was her lifetime best, and was unmatched at the Championships since Jackie Joyner in 1983.
She also competed individually in the heptathlon events, winning the silver medal in the long jump at both the 1986 World Junior Championships and the 1988 World Junior Championships.{{World Athletics}} She competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. She also holds the world U18 indoor best in long jump with 6.61.
Personal life
In 1990 she enrolled at Brigham Young University as the first Soviet citizen to do so. She competed in athletics for the BYU Cougars. Graduating in Russian from Brigham Young University in 1993, she later got an MBA at Westminster College in 1997. Kaljurand is living with high jumper Marko Turban,{{cite web|title=KALJURAND, ANU|url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Anu_Kaljurand|website=ESBL|accessdate=26 November 2017|language=Estonian}} they have two children.
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Category:Athletes from Tallinn
Category:Soviet female long jumpers
Category:Estonian female hurdlers
Category:Estonian heptathletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Estonia
Category:Soviet expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:BYU Cougars women's track and field athletes
Category:Brigham Young University alumni
Category:Westminster University (Utah) alumni
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners