Adalbert Toots (12 March 1910 – 25 August 1948) was an Estonian

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spo ...

. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. He 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. ...

in 1946 and died in a Soviet

gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...

prison camp in 1948.

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* 1910 births 1948 deaths Estonian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Estonia Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People who died in the Gulag Estonian people who died in Soviet detention Sportspeople from Tartu People from the Governorate of Livonia 20th-century Estonian people {{Estonia-wrestling-bio-stub