Johannes Villemson
Olympic athlete
1893 – 1971
Who was Johannes Villemson?
Johannes Villemson was an Estonian track and field athlete who was member of the Olympic team of the Russian Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics and competed for the Estonia in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the 800 metres competition and took part in the first round of the 1500 metres competition, where he won qualifying 3. place in his heat, but was later disqualified and Léon Fourneau advanced to the final.
Later, he was representative for the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Estonian Olympics Team and served as wrestling judge at these games.
He was member of the Estonian Sports Association Kalev and 31 times Estonian National Champion.
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