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Estonia At The 1936 Summer Olympics
Estonia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. It was the last time that Estonia competed at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, a number of Estonian athletes competed as part of the USSR delegations at the Summer Olympic games from 1952 to 1988. Medals The 1936 Estonian Olympic Team Estonia sent 37 athletes and 13 representatives to those games. ; Representatives Estonian National Olympic Committee representative was Konrad Mauritz. Estonian team representatives were delegation heads: NOC secretary Ado Anderkopp and Harald Tammer, attaché Councillor at the Legation Georg Meri, Officer of the Honorary Service Lieutenant Refior, manager Johannes Villemson, Aleksander Paluvere in athletics, Nikolai Kursman in wrestling, Eduard Kõppo in weightlifting, Peeter Matsov in boxing, Gustav Laanekõrb in sailing, Richard Mast in swimming, Edgar Kolmpere in basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Olympic Committee
The Estonian Olympic Committee ( et, Eesti Olümpiakomitee) (EOK) is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games. History The Estonian Sports Federation ( et, Eesti Spordi Liit) decided to form the Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress ( et, Eesti I Spordikongress) on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the independence of Estonia, but it was officially founded on 8 December 1923. The first chairman of the committee dr. Karl Friedrich Akel, was elected on 5 May 1924. An independent Estonian team took part in the Olympic Games over the period of 1920–1936. As Estonia was invaded and occupied in 1940, and reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944, the Estonian Olympic athletes competed as part of the USSR delegations at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 1988. The NOC was renewed on 14 January 1989 when the Estonian Olympic Sports Conference passed the following resolution: "to resume the activity of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Meimer
Johan Meimer (19 June 1904 – 10 December 1944) was an Estonian athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw and the men's decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a forest brother The Guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an armed struggle which was waged by the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian partisans, called the Forest Brothers (also: the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars"; et, metsavennad, lv, me ... and killed during the World War II by Soviets. References External links * 1904 births 1944 deaths People from Kehtna Parish People from Kreis Harrien Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Estonian male javelin throwers Estonian decathletes Olympic athletes for Estonia People killed in World War II Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalevi Kotkas
Kalevi Kotkas (10 August 1913 – 24 August 1983) was an Estonian-born Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin, and competed in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he cleared the same height of 2.00 m as the medalists Dave Albritton and Delos Thurber, but made more attempts and was placed fourth. Kalevi Kotkas set four European records in high jump, but two of them – achieved in Rio de Janeiro in 1934 – were never ratified. The ratified records were 2.03 meters (Helsinki, 12 July 1936) and 2.04 meters (Gothenburg, 1 September 1936). Brinkster. Retrieved on 29 July 2015. National titles * |
Finnish Language
Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish). In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. The Kven language, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is spoken in the Norwegian county Troms og Finnmark by a minority group of Finnish descent. Finnish is typologically agglutinative and uses almost exclusively suffixal affixation. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals and verbs are inflected depending on their role in the sentence. Sentences are normally formed with subject–verb–object word order, although the extensive use of inflection allows them to be ordered differently. Word order variations are often reserved for differences in information structure. Finnish orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalev Kotkas
Kalev Kotkas (born 10 April 1960 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician. He has been member of IX, XI, XII and XIII Riigikogu. In 1983 he graduated from Tallinn University of Technology in mechanical engineering and machine tools. From 1996 to 1999 and 2005 to 2007 he was the mayor of Emmaste Rural Municipality. From 2007 he is a member of Estonian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party ( et, Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond, SDE) is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party ( et, Rahvaerakond Mõõduka .... References 1960 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1999–2003 Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011 Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Tallinn University of Technology alumni Politicians from Tallinn Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 {{Estonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Villemson
Johannes Leopold Villemson (25 March 1893 – 22 March 1971) was an Estonian runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the first round of the 800 m and 1500 m events. At school Villemson focused on accounting and foreign languages. He started as a speed skater in 1909, but later changed to running and won three consecutive Russian 1500 m titles in 1914–16, placing second-third over 400 m and 800 m and setting multiple Russian records in 800–1500 m events. Later between 1917 and 1930 he won more than 20 Estonian titles over 100–1500 m distances. He was representative for the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Estonian Olympic teams and served as a wrestling judge at these games. Between 1920 and 1940 he also took various administrative posts in Estonian athletics and wrestling bodies. In 1944, following the Soviet occupation of Estonia, he fled to Germany and then to the United States, arriving there in 1949. He worked in Chicago (''City in a Garden'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Kullisaar
Karl Kullisaar (1905 – 1 March 1942) was an Estonian wrestler and sports figure. He was born in Salla Rural Municipality, Virumaa. He started his wrestling exercising in Tallinna Kalev. He won bronze medal at 1930 European Wrestling Championships The 1930 European Wrestling Championships The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships .... 1930–1938 he won 8 times Estonian wrestling championships. He was also a sport coach. Following the Soviet occupation of the Estonia in 1940, Kullisaar was arrested by the NKVD on 24 December 1940 in Tallinn. He died in Unžlag prison camp, Gorky Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kullisaar, Karl 1905 births 1942 deaths Estonian male sport wrestlers Estonian sports coaches Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Kauba
Johannes Kauba (28 September 1886 – 21 February 1939) was an Estonian sports figure. He was born in Rakvere. He studied at St. Petersburg University. He started his sport training in 1901 in Rakvere. Kauba excelled at weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, skiing, and racewalking. In St. Petersburg he was a member on sport club Palma, and he was one of the founder of sport club Wõimula (established in 1906). He was a member of Russian and St. Petersburg Olympic committee, and represented Russia in 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ... in Stockholm. He also acted as a judge in wrestling, weightlifting, athletics, skiing, skating, swimming, and sport shooting. 1922–1923 he was the chairman of Estonian Sport Association (). 1923–1933 he was act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peeter Matsov
Peeter Matsov (7 August 1905 – 31 July 1980) was an Estonian boxer and sports figure. He was born in Tallinn. He started his sporting exercising in 1921 at the sport club "Sport". He was one of the founders of Tallinn Boxing Club, and sport club "Gong". He was Estonian boxing judge and representative at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 1959–1965 he was the chairman of Estonian Boxing Association Estonian Boxing Association (abbreviation EBA; ) is one of the sport governing bodies in Estonia which deals with boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protectiv .... In 1971 he was named as Merited Coach of Estonian SSR. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsov, Peeter 1905 births 1980 deaths Estonian male boxers Estonian sports coaches Sportspeople from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 1936 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed. The IOC and International Basketball Federation, which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball. Lawn and dirt tennis courts were used for the competition, but this caused problems when the weather was adverse, especially during the final of the tournament. The medals were awarded by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. The United States won its first gold medal, while Canada and Mexico won silver and bronze, their only medals in basketball, as of 2020. Medalists Note: ThInternational Olympic Committee medal databaseshows only these players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Selenoi
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. Alexey may also be romanized as ''Aleksei'', ''Aleksey'', ''Alexej'', ''Aleksej'', etc. It has been commonly westernized as Alexis. Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively. The Russian Orthodox Church uses the Old Church Slavonic version, Alexiy (Алексiй, or Алексий in modern spelling), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II). The common hypocoristic is Alyosha () or simply Lyosha (). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (, respectively), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Niiler
Herbert Niiler (27 April 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Estonian American basketball player and coach. Niiler coached the Estonia men's national basketball team in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 9th. He also led Estonia to EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939, finishing both in 5th place. In 1944, he fled from the Soviet occupation with his family to the United States, where they resided in Pittsburgh since 1948. Personal Oceanographer Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics ... Pearn P. Niiler is his son. References and notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Niiler, Herbert 1905 births 1982 deaths Basketball players from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian basketball coaches Estonian men's basketball players Estonian expatriate basketball peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
