Albert Kusnets

Albert Kusnets
Kusnets circa 1930
Personal information
BornAlbert Eduard Kusnets
25 August 1902
Suure-Kambja, Estonia
Died1942 (aged 39–40)
Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubKalev Tallinn
Sport Tallinn
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Estonia Estonia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1928 Amsterdam75 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1927 Budapest75 kg
Silver medal – second place1931 Prague75 kg
Bronze medal – third place1933 Helsinki75 kg

Albert Eduard Kusnets (25 August 1902 – 1942) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia.[1] He competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and placed fourth and third, respectively. He won his 1928 bronze medal despite breaking a leg in 1928 and not competing until the Olympics. He earned three more medals at the European championships in 1927–1933.[2] Kusnets missed the 1932 Olympics, because Estonia could not afford sending a team to Los Angeles during the Great Depression. After retiring in 1933 he worked as wrestling coach, and prepared the Olympic champion Kristjan Palusalu.

In 1941, he was sent to a Russian labor camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast, where he starved to death the next winter.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Kusnets". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Kusnets, Albert (EST). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Kusnets". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Kusnets, Albert. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
  5. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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