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Hugo-Maksimilian "Mart" Kuusik (9 December 1877 – 24 August 1965) was a Russian later
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
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rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...
who competed for the
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Representing Russia, he won a bronze medal in a single sculls event. His home-based rowing club was the "Pernauer Ruder Club" located in
Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...
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1877 births 1965 deaths People from Harju County People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian male rowers Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Empire {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub