Jüri Lossmann ( – 1 May 1984) was an Estonian

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. He finished second in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at 2:32:48.6, trailing

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by 13 seconds, but beating the third-placed

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by almost 4 minutes. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in

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he was the flag bearer for Estonia and finished tenth in the marathon.

Biography

Lossmann started as a football player for ''Merkur'' club before changing to athletics. He was wounded in

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, but recovered and in 1916 won a marathon race in Tallinn and the Russian Championships in the 5000 m. In 1923 he won the international marathon in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in 1928, he ran the first leg of the Trans-America Run. Next year he set an Estonian record in one-hour running and competed in the Antwerpen marathon. Besides running, Lossmann worked for the Estonian Chocolate Factory

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in 1922–36, and in the 1930s trained Estonian long-distance runners, but without much success. In 1942–44 he served as a sports administrator in Estonia. During

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he fled to Sweden just before the arrival of the Soviet troops. Lossmann was earlier trained as a jeweler, and in Sweden he worked as a gold- and

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. In 1964 he made a silver cup for Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden to express the gratitude of the Estonian community in Sweden.Lossmann, Jüri
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* * * * * 1891 births 1984 deaths People from Türi Parish People from the Governorate of Livonia Estonian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Estonia Olympic silver medalists for Estonia Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Estonian male marathon runners Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub