Juhan "Jaan" Kikkas (5 June 1892 – 9 March 1944) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the

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, setting a world record in the snatch. Kikkas first trained as a cyclist, and changed to weightlifting in 1921, aged 29. Next year he placed fourth at the world championships. In 1925 he won his only national weightlifting title. After retiring from competitions he ran his metal workshop in Tallinn. He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid.

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Profile with pictureThe Soviet terror air raid to Tallinn on March 9/10, 1944
1892 births 1944 deaths Sportspeople from Valga, Estonia People from the Governorate of Livonia Estonian male weightlifters Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia Olympic weightlifters of Estonia Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Civilians killed in World War II Deaths by airstrike during World War II {{Estonia-weightlifting-bio-stub