Birth Place: | Särevere village, Reichskommissariat Ostland |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 800 m |
Club: | Kalev Tartu |
Pb: | 800 m – 2:03.6 (1967)[1] |
Alma Mater: | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Laine Erik (married name Kallas; born 21 April 1942) is an Estonian agricultural scientist and a retired middle-distance runner.
Erik specialized in the 800 metres. In this event she finished sixth at the 1964 Olympics, while at the 1968 Games she was eliminated in semifinals.[2] She won the Soviet titles in 1964, 1967 and 1968. In 1965 she won a gold medal at the Summer Universiade, and in 1964 she was part of the Soviet 3×800 m team that set a world record.[3]
She graduated from the Zootechnics Faculty of Estonian Agricultural Academy in 1969 and in 1984 defended a PhD in agricultural sciences. Between 1969 and 1996 she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Animal Science of Estonian Agricultural University,[3] and after that as a company manager.