Anu Kaljurand Season 1990

Personal

• Only athlete from the USSR to ever compete at BYU
• B.A. in Russian from BYU, 1993
• MBA from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, 1997
• Anu and her partner Marko have two children

Career Highlights

Athletic

• All-America for 4^th in the heptathlon 1990
• All-America for 2^nd in the heptathlon 1991
• All-America for 1^st in the heptathlon 1992
• All-America for 4^th in the long jump 1992
• Won heptathlon at 1992 NCAA Championships with a school-record 6,142, points, second-best time in NCAA history at the time
• All-WAC in track 1991, 92, 93
• Co-Athlete of the Meet at WAC Outdoor Championships
• First at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 55m hurdles for a new meet record 1992
• First in the 4x100m relays at WAC Outdoor Championships 1992
• Second in the long jump at WAC Outdoor Championships 1992
• Second in javelin throw at WAC Outdoor Championships 1992
• Set a school record in the 100m hurdles with a personal best time of 13.18, 1992
• Leona B. Holbrook Spirit of Sport Award by the Cougar Club

Academic

• GTE/CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-America First Team
• Received a $5,000 NCAA postgraduate scholarship award Regional
• District VIII GTE Academic At-Large Team
• WAC Scholar Athlete 1992
• WAC All-Academic Team 1991,92
• Stan Bates Award for Women by the WAC 1993
• Cougar Club Scholar Athlete 1990, 91, 92
• BYU’s NCAA Woman of the Year

Before BYU

• Estonian champion in the 100m dash and 100m hurdles

After BYU

• Competed for her home country of Estonia
• Became a member and leader in several Olympic and community organizations
• Acts as the Head of Marketing for the Estonian Olympic Committee
• Member of the Advisory Board of the First Lady’s Cultural Foundation of Estoniaand the Estonian Olympians Association
• Board member of the Nõmme Sports Club
• Founding member of the Board of the Estonian Athletes Association
• Organizes an annual auction to support families of tragically deceased athletes

Post BYU Honors and Societies

• Placed 17th overall, 5th in the long jump and 7th in the javelin throw in the Olympic games in Barcelona
• Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame 2010
• Sportswoman of the Year in Track and Field by the Utah Network of Girls and Women in Sport 1992
• Utah NCAA Woman of the Year 1993
• One of 10 finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year
• Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame 2010