August Liivik (until 1936 Liiver; 26 January 1903 – 3 May 1942) was an

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n sport shooter. He was born in

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Rural Municipality, Järva County. In 1927 he graduated from

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in Tallinn. He began his shooting career in 1926. In total, he won 18 medals at

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. 1932–1939 he was a member of Estonian national shooting team. Following the

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during

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, Liivik was arrested by Soviet authorities on 12 August 1940. He was executed in 1942 in a prison camp in

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