Mati Nuude (18 February 1941 – 10 March 2001) was an Estonian weightlifter and singer. Nuude was born in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

to a family of an Estonian officer, Lieutenant Albert Nuude, who was arrested by the

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

and died in a Soviet prison camp. In 1949 Nuude, his mother, grandmother and brother were deported to Northern

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. They were allowed to return to Estonia in 1958. His uncle was actor

Rudolf Nuude Rudolf Nuude (25 June 1909, in Gdov, Pskov Governorate – 2 September 1980, in Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. From 1931 until 1936 he worked at Narva Theatre. From 1936 until 1938, and again from 1949 until 1968, at Estonian Drama Theatre. From ...

. His coach in weightlifting was

Alfred Neuland Alfred Karl Neuland (10 October 1895 – 16 November 1966) was an Estonian weightlifter. He competed in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively, becoming the first Olympic gold medalist from Estonia. He won a ...

. During 1965–1975 he was 7 times champion of Estonia in weightlifting and at his peak he was the eighth strongest man in the world.Умер известный эстонский певец Мати Нууде
("A Famous Estonian Singer Mati Nuude Died")
"Laupäeval suri Mati Nuude"
During 1975–1989 he was a singer in the band

Apelsin Apelsin (Estonian for ''Orange'') was an Estonian band created in 1974 by Tõnu Aare. Their lyrics are in the Estonian and Russian languages. During the Soviet era their LP albums were issued by the Soviet music monopoly ''Melodiya''. The Russian ...

. Later he was a solo singer. Mati Nuude died in Tallinn and is interred in the Metsakalmistu cemetery, Tallinn."Hüvasti, Mati Nuude"
("Farewell, Mati Nuude", an obituary)

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* * 1941 births 2001 deaths Estonian male weightlifters Sportspeople from Tallinn Singers from Tallinn 20th-century Estonian male singers Burials at Metsakalmistu Estonian expatriates in Russia {{estonia-singer-stub