Karl Kõiv (3 December 1894 – 24 April 1972) was an Estonian featherweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the

1922 World Weightlifting Championships The 1922 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia from April 29 to April 30, 1922. There were 33 men in action from 4 nations. Medal summary Medal table ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Champions ...

and placed seventh at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. In 1922–25 he headed the weightlifting section of the Estonian Sports Union. Later he worked as a weightlifting coach and referee, and in this capacity attended 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 ...

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1894 births 1974 deaths Sportspeople from Tartu People from the Governorate of Livonia Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Estonia Estonian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Estonia-weightlifting-bio-stub