Jaan Kikkas Explained

Birth Date:5 June 1892
Birth Place:Valga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Death Place:Tallinn, Generalbezirk Estland
Sport:Weightlifting
Club:Kalev Tartu
Weight:75 kg

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.

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.[1] He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jaan Kikkas . Olympedia . 29 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.