Estonia 
Estonia
Estonia's first Olympic Champion was 24-year old weightlifter Alfred Neuland, who won the lightweight contest at Antwerp on 28 August 1920.
Estonia won Gold six times up to 1936, but became a part of the Soviet Union after the war. It was to take another 56 years before the Estonian flag would be raised again at an Olympic Games.
|
M/F |
Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
|
M |
Alfred Neuland |
1920 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
10.10.1895 |
16.11.1966 |
|
M |
Eduard Pütsep |
1924 |
1 |
Wrestling - Greco-Roman |
21.10.1898 |
22.8.1960 |
|
M |
Osvald Käpp |
1928 |
1 |
Wrestling - Freestyle |
17.2.1905 |
22.12.1995 |
|
M |
Voldemar Väli |
1928 |
1 |
Wrestling - Greco-Roman |
30.1.1903 |
13.3.1997 |
|
M |
Kristjan Palusalu |
1936 |
2 |
Wrestling - Freestyle/G-R |
10.3.1908 |
17.7.1987 |
I would be grateful for any corrections and additional biographical information, pictures, stories, anecdotes etc.
Thanks to Peeter Silts for information
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