Erik von Holst (30 August 1894, in
Vaivara Parish
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,
Estonia – 31 May 1962, in
Eutin,
West Germany) was an
Estonian
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/
German sailor and
ice sailor who represented
Estonia in 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 ...
in the men's
olympic monotype class. He also designed and constructed the
International Monotype-XV ice yacht
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.
References
Baltische Segler-Vereinigung e.V. E. von Holst(German)
External links
Biography at Official homepage of International Monotype-XV Ice Yacht Racing Association
1894 births
1962 deaths
Estonian male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of Estonia
Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – O-Jolle
Ice yachting
Yacht designers
Estonian designers
Russian nobility
Baltic-German people
Estonian people of Baltic German descent
Estonian emigrants to Germany
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