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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