Georg Baumann (1 September 1892 – before 19 February 1934) was an

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wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire, and was world champion in

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Biography

He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians,

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and

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, at the

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, where he was eliminated after losing against later winner

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and Johan Alfred Salonen. He was the lightweight class World champion at the 1913 Wrestling World Championships in Breslau. In the same year he won a gold in Russian Olympiad and he was awarded the title Best Amateur Wrestler of the

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. Although some sources claim that he was killed during World War I there are reports of him moving to China in 1922 where he worked as wrestler and circus artist. His death was reported in Russian language Chinese newspaper '' Shanghaiskaya Zarya'' on 19 February 1934.

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External links

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Profile at FILA Wrestling Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baumann, Georg 1892 births 1930s missing person cases Estonian male sport wrestlers Missing person cases in China Olympic wrestlers for the Russian Empire People declared dead in absentia Place of death unknown Russian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Year of death missing