Andrei Jämsä (born 14 February 1982) is an Estonian rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club Pärnu Sõudeklubi (Pärnu Rowing Club) located in Pärnu.
Jämsä (right) with teammates at the podium of the 2016 European Championships
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| Nationality | Estonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-02-14) 14 February 1982 (age 42) Pärnu, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | M4x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pärnu Sõudeklubi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jämsä was born in Pärnu. He competed in the U-23 world Regatta in the double sculls event in 2002 with Igor Kuzmin, earning 7th position and in 2003 with Oleg Vinogradov earning 4th position.
His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Šilin, Kuzmin and Vinogradov earning 9th position overall.[2]
InBeijing 2008 Jämsä competed in the single sculls event earning 17th position overall.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the men's quadruple sculls with Tõnu Endrekson, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo. The team finished 4th.[3]
Jämsä's debut in the World Rowing Championships took place in Milan, Italy in 2003, where he competed in the double sculls event with Kuzmin earning 9th position overall.
Jämsä won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in Gifu, Japan in the quadruple sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson, Leonid Gulov and Jüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.
In the 2006 World Championships held in Eton, Great Britain Jämsä was again the strokesman in the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Kuzmin and Allar Raja. Gold medals went to Poland and silver medals to Ukraine.
Overall wins
| Andrei Jämsä Rowing World Cup appearances | ||||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Country | Position | Class | Crew |
| 2004 | ||||||
| 1. | 7–9 May 2004 | Lake Malta, Poznań |  Poland |
FA 4th | Quad scull | (b) Oleg Vinogradov, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2. | 27–29 May 2004 | Oberschleissheim, Munich |  Germany |
FA 2nd  |
Quad scull | (b) Oleg Vinogradov, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 3. | 18–20 June 2004 | Rotsee, Lucerne |  Switzerland |
FB 10th | Quad scull | (b) Oleg Vinogradov, Igor Kuzmin, Andrei Šilin (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 4. | 26–28 May 2005 | Dorney Lake, Dorney |  Great Britain |
FA 1st  |
Quad scull | (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 5. | 8–10 July 2005 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FA 1st |
Quad scull | (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2006 | ||||||
| 6. | 25–27 May 2006 | Oberschleissheim, Munich | Germany |
FB 11th | Double scull | (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 7. | 15–17 June 2006 | Lake Malta, Poznań | Poland |
FB 7th | Double scull | (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 8. | 7–9 July 2006 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FA 5th | Quad scull | (b) Jüri Jaanson, Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2009 | ||||||
| 9. | 18–20 June 2009 | Oberschleissheim, Munich | Germany |
FD 20th | Single scull | Andrei Jämsä |
| 10. | 10–12 July 2009 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FB 8th | Quad scull | (b) Valeri Prosvirnin, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 11. | 28–30 May 2010 | Lake Bled, Bled |  Slovenia |
FD 19th | Single scull | Andrei Jämsä |
| 12. | 18–20 June 2010 | Oberschleissheim, Munich | Germany |
FC 16th | Double scull | (b) Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 13. | 9–11 July 2010 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FC 15th | Double scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 14. | 27–29 May 2011 | Oberschleissheim, Munich | Germany |
H2 | Double scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Igor Kuzmin |
| 15. | 8–10 July 2011 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FB 11th | Quad scull | (b) Joosep Laos, Vladimir Latin, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Andrei Jämsä |
| 2012 | ||||||
| 16. | 4–6 May 2012 | Sava, Belgrade |  Serbia |
FA 3rd  |
Quad scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 17. | 25–27 May 2012 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FA 4th | Quad scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 18. | 15–17 June 2012 | Oberschleissheim, Munich | Germany |
FA 6th | Quad scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 2014 | ||||||
| 19. | 20–22 June 2014 | Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette |  France |
FB 11th | Double scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson |
| 20. | 11–13 July 2014 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FD 19th | Double scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, (s) Tõnu Endrekson |
| 2015 | ||||||
| 21. | 9–10 May 2015 | Lake Bled, Bled | Slovenia |
FB 7th | Quad scull | (b) Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 22. | 10–12 July 2015 | Rotsee, Lucerne | Switzerland |
FA 3rd |
Quad scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 2016 | ||||||
| 23. | 15–17 April 2016 | Lake Varese, Varese |  Italy |
FA 4th | Quad scull | (b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo |
