Karl Kõiv
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| Born | 3 December 1894 Sootaga rural municipality, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Died | 6 August 1974 (aged 79) Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Karl Kõiv (3 December 1894 – 6 August 1974) was an Estonian featherweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1922 World Weightlifting Championships and placed seventh at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1922–25, he headed the weightlifting section of the Estonian Sports Union. Later, he worked as a weightlifting coach and referee, and in this capacity attended the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Karl Kõiv. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Kõiv, Karl. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ↑ "Karl Kõiv". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karl Kõiv.
- Karl Kõiv at Olympics.com
- Karl Kõiv at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1974 deaths
- People from Tartu Parish
- Sportspeople from Tartu County
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Estonia
- Estonian male weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- European weightlifting biography stubs
- Estonian sportspeople stubs