Moonika Aava

Moonika Aava ( born June 19, 1979 in Rakvere ) is an Estonian javelin thrower. The multiple national champion holds with 61.42 meters, thrown on 2 August 2004 in Tallinn, the current national record of their country.

Sporting career

The starting for the Sports Club Altius Pärnu athlete was having a width of 48.82 meters in 1995 for the first time Estonian champion. The title could Aava defend the following year. At the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Sydney she was disqualified in the qualifying and finished with a width of 49.44 meters, the 16th Place. Later that year, she suffered a elbow injury that hampered the next two years. After 1999, the nature of competition has changed and peers so that all the old record lists were deleted, Aava secured despite back problems on May 15, 1999, a distance of 52.35 meters for the first time the Estonian Landensrekord. This was, however, significantly exceeded on September 2, 1999 by Ruth Väät with a width of 55.79 meters. 2000 won her third Moonika Aava Estonian Champion title. In June 2001, she won with a distance of 57.98 meters, thrown at a meeting in Tartu, the Estonian record back. In July this year, she started at the U23 European Championships in Amsterdam, where she won the bronze medal with a distance of 56.12 meters. As early as 2001 she defended successfully in 2002 the Estonian championship. In June 2003, she improved the Estonian record at 59.45 meters. In August 2004, it increased its record at the Estonian Championships in Tallinn on 61.42 meters. At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens but they could not confirm this performance and was eliminated with a width of 54.96 meters from qualifying, which meant the 33rd place in the final standings. After it was 2005 for the seventh time became Estonian Champion, she participated in the World Athletics Championships 2005 in part in Helsinki, where they clearly failed to qualify again. After the disappointing results, she devoted herself primarily her training as a police officer. In 2008, she was best Estonian javelin thrower with Jahresbestleistung of 59.88 meters and thus qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. With a width of 56.94 meters but Aava again remained below expectations and retired as Twelfth their qualifying group in the preliminaries of. In the final she finished in 26th place. My best ever international result achieved Aava in March 2009 at the European Cup Winter Throwing in Los Realejos where she could take second place with 60.76 meters. At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009 she divorced in the qualifier with a throw of 53.86 meters.

Achievements

• Estonian champion in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
• Personal Best: 61.42 meters ( 2 August 2004 in Tallinn, Estonian Record )