- Eduard Pütsep
Eduard Pütsep (
October 21 ,1898 -August 22 ,1960 ) [ [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/biopu.htm Great Olympians] ] was an Estonian wrestler who won a Gold Medal in the Bantamweight division in the1924 Summer Olympics inParis, France after defeatingSweden 'sSigfrid Hansson in the Sixth Round. [ [http://www.eok.ee/est/olympiamangud/pariis_1924 Eesti Olümpiakomitee: Pariis 1924] ]He was born in
Vastseliina , inVõru County ,Estonia and competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympic Games for his home country. At the 1922 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship inStockholm , Sweden he lost only in the final match to Swedish 1920 Olympics wrestling bronze medalistFritiof Svensson by points and won the Silver medal.Eduard Pütsep died in
Kuusamo ,Finland in 1960.ee also
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Estonia at the 1920 Summer Olympics
*Estonia at the 1924 Summer Olympics
*Estonia at the 1928 Summer Olympics References
External links
*Eduard Pütsep at the [http://www.filmi.arhiiv.ee/index.php?is_inc=galerii&lang=eng&separ_l=1&show=fotonaitused&gid=24 Estonian Film Archives]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olwrestg.shtml Hickok Sports]
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/wrestle.htm GBR Athletics]
* [http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php Puetsep, Eduard Wrestling database]Further reading
Lääne, Tiit: "Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006", pages 60–61. Eesti Olümpiakomitee, 2006. ISBN 9949-427-25-8.
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