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Estonia At The 1924 Summer Olympics
Estonia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Medalists The 1924 Estonian Olympic Team ; Representatives Estonian team representatives were delegation heads Leopold Tõnson and Johannes Junkur; Johannes Kauba in athletics, Johannes Villemson in wrestling, William Fiskar and Aleksander Lugenberg-Mändvere in football. ; Other delegations Estonians in other delegations were for Juhan Oja in Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics, athletics – Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, men's 100 and Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, 200 metres and Rudolf Rone (Latvian language, lv: Rūdolfs Ronis) in Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics, wrestling – Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight, men's Greco-Roman lightweight. Results by event Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Athletics Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, Men's 100 metres * Reinhold Kesküll †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Olympic Committee
The Estonian Olympic Committee ( et, Eesti Olümpiakomitee) (EOK) is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games. History The Estonian Sports Federation ( et, Eesti Spordi Liit) decided to form the Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress ( et, Eesti I Spordikongress) on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the independence of Estonia, but it was officially founded on 8 December 1923. The first chairman of the committee dr. Friedrich Akel, Karl Friedrich Akel, was elected on 5 May 1924. An independent Estonia at the Olympics, Estonian team took part in the Olympic Games over the period of 1920–1936. As Estonia was invaded and occupied in 1940, and reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944, the Estonian Olympic athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics, USSR delegations at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 1988. The National Olympic Committee, NOC was renewed on 14 January 1989 when the Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
