Elmar Kivistik (13 November 1905 – 7 December 1973) was an

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n sport shooter. He was born in

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Rural Municipality, Tartu County. In 1927 he graduated from a war school. He began his shooting career in 1932. In total, he won 19 medals at

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. He was multiple-times Estonian champion in different shooting disciplines. 1934–1939 he was a member of Estonian national sport shooting team. In 1949 he was arrested, and sent to a prison camp in

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1905 births 1973 deaths Estonian male sport shooters Estonian prisoners and detainees Estonian Gulag detainees People from Tartu Parish Sportspeople from Tartu County 20th-century Estonian sportsmen {{Estonia-sportshooting-bio-stub