Elmar Korko (8 February 1908 – 10 July 1941) was an Estonian

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

player and

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. He competed in the men's single sculls event at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was executed by Soviet soldiers during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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* * * * 1908 births 1941 deaths Estonian male rowers Olympic rowers for Estonia Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Estonian bandy players Sportspeople from Tartu Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle {{Estonia-rowing-bio-stub