Jaan Kikkas

Olympic athlete

1892 – 1944

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Who was Jaan Kikkas?

Jaan Kikkas was a weightlifter and Olympic bronze medalist from Valga, Estonia. He won bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in the middleweight class. He died March 9, 1944 during World War II Soviet Air Force bombing in Tallinn and is buried at the Liiva Cemetery.

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Born
Jun 5, 1892
Walk, Livonia
Lived in
  • Valga, Estonia
Died
Mar 9, 1944
Tallinn

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on July 23, 2013

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