Adalbert Toots (12 March 1910 – 25 August 1948) was an Estonian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was arrested by the

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

in 1946 and died in a Soviet

gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...

prison camp in 1948.

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* 1910 births 1948 deaths Estonian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Estonia Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People who died in the Gulag Estonian people who died in Soviet detention Sportspeople from Tartu People from the Governorate of Livonia 20th-century Estonian people {{Estonia-wrestling-bio-stub