Kaljo-Feliks Raag (3 June 1892 – 10 April 1967) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n heavyweight weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Championships and placed seventh at the

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. He won the national heavyweight title in 1925 and 1927 and set six national records. After retiring from competitions Raag acted as a weightlifting coach, referee and official. Besides wrestling he was known as a singer and theater actor. He performed as an actor at the Valga theatre from 1919 until 1922 and as a choral singer and soloist at the

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from 1928 until 1933. He appeared in two Estonian silent films: ''Õnnelik korterikriisi lahendus'' (1924), directed by

Konstantin Märska Konstantin Märska ( in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 30 August 1951 in Tallinn) was an Estonian cinematographer and film director. Märska is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn Tallinn () is the ...

, and ''Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko'' (1925), directed by Paul Sehnert.

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* 1892 births 1967 deaths People from Võru Parish People from the Governorate of Livonia Olympic weightlifters for Estonia Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Estonian male weightlifters Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male silent film actors Estonian male musical theatre actors 20th-century Estonian male singers 20th-century Estonian male actors World Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Estonia-Olympic-medalist-stub