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.[1][2]
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.[3] He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid.[1][4][5]
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jaan, kikkas, juhan, jaan, kikkas, june, 1892, march, 1944, estonian, middleweight, weightlifter, bronze, medal, 1924, summer, olympics, setting, world, record, snatch, personal, informationborn5, june, 1892valga, governorate, livonia, russian, empiredied9, ma. 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 1 2 Jaan KikkasPersonal informationBorn5 June 1892Valga Governorate of Livonia Russian EmpireDied9 March 1944 1944 03 09 aged 51 Tallinn Generalbezirk EstlandWeight75 kg 165 lb SportSportWeightliftingClubKalev TartuMedal record Representing Estonia Olympic Games 1924 Paris Middleweight 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 3 He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid 1 4 5 References edit a b Jaan Kikkas Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine sports reference com Jaan Kikkas chidlovski net Jaan Kikkas Olympedia Retrieved 29 November 2021 Kikkas Jaan Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 July 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaan Kikkas Profile with picture The Soviet terror air raid to Tallinn on March 9 10 1944 Juhan Kikas at The March Raid Dedication List nbsp nbsp This article about an Estonian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Estonia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jaan Kikkas amp oldid 1197060262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
