Kaljo Raag Explained

Birth Date:3 June 1892
Birth Place:Kirumpää, Estonia
Death Date:10 April 1967 (aged 74)
Death Place:Tallinn, Estonia
Weight:100 kg
Sport:Weightlifting
Coach:Alfred Neuland
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Kaljo-Feliks Raag (3 June 1892 – 10 April 1967) was an Estonian heavyweight weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Championships and placed seventh at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the national heavyweight title in 1925 and 1927 and set six national records.[1]

After retiring from competitions Raag acted as a weightlifting coach, referee and official. Besides wrestling he was known as a singer and theater actor. He performed as an actor at the Valga theatre from 1919 until 1922 and as a choral singer and soloist at the Estonia Theatre from 1928 until 1933. He appeared in two Estonian silent films: Õnnelik korterikriisi lahendus (1924), directed by Konstantin Märska, and Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko (1925), directed by Paul Sehnert.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaljo Raag . Olympedia . 30 November 2021.