Jaak Salumets

Jaak Salumets
Personal information
Born (1949-01-30) January 30, 1949 (age 75)
Paide, Estonia
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
Playing career1967–1979
PositionCombo forward
Career history
As player:
1968–1979Kalev
As coach:
1985–1991Kalev
1991–1993Namika Lahti
1993–1994Žalgiris Kaunas
1994–1997Kalev
1997–1998Nybit
1993–1997Estonia
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • Estonian SSR Champion (1968, 1971)

As coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place Spain 1973 USSR

Jaak Salumets (born 30 January 1949 in Paide) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and coach who played mostly at the forward position. Salumets is also a former Estonian Reform Party politician who was a member of the Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) from 2007 to 2011.