Jüri Lossmann
Olympic athlete
1891 – 1984
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Who was Jüri Lossmann?
Jüri Lossmann was an Estonian long distance runner.
Lossmann came in second on the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at 2:32:48.6 trailing Hannes Kolehmainen by 13 seconds, but beating the third placed Valerio Arri by almost 4 minutes. In the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he came in 10th place.
In 1944 Lossmann fled to Sweden, during the Russian takeover of Estonia.
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- Born
- Feb 4, 1891
Kõo Parish - Also known as
- Juri Lossmann
- Nationality
- Estonia
- Died
- May 1, 1984
Stockholm
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on July 23, 2013
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