Jaan Kikkas
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| Born | 5 June 1892 | |||||||||||
| Died | 9 March 1944 (aged 51) Tallinn, then part of Generalbezirk Estland, Reichskomissariat Ostland | |||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Juhan "Jaan" Kikkas (5 June 1892 – 9 March 1944) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, setting a world record in the snatch.[1][2]
Kikkas first trained as a cyclist, and changed to weightlifting in 1921, aged 29. Next year, he placed fourth at the world championships. In 1925, he won his only national weightlifting title. After retiring from competitions, he ran his metal workshop in Tallinn.[3] He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid.[1][4][5]
References
- 1 2 Jaan Kikkas Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Jaan Kikkas. chidlovski.net
- ↑ "Jaan Kikkas". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ Kikkas, Jaan. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ↑ "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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- 1892 births
- 1944 deaths
- Sportspeople from Valga, Estonia
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- Estonian male weightlifters
- Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia
- Olympic weightlifters for Estonia
- Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Civilians killed in World War II
- Deaths by Soviet airstrikes during World War II
- Estonian Olympic medalist stubs
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