Elmar Korko (8 February 1908 – 10 July 1941) was an Estonian
bandy
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player and
rower
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. He competed in the
men's single sculls event at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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.
He was executed by Soviet soldiers during
World War II
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.
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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
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