August Englas (15 January 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

who competed for the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. Englas was born in Pühajärve Parish (now part of

Otepää Parish Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia. The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of t ...

). In the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

, after defeating

Adil Atan Adil Atan ( Abkhaz: name Twanba, 1 January 1929 – 18 April 1989) was a Turkish wrestler. He was born in Adapazarı in the Sakarya Province. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. ...

, Shrirang Jadhav and Max Leichter, and losing against

Henry Wittenberg Henry Wittenberg (September 18, 1918 – March 9, 2010) was an American New York police officer, coach, competitor and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.Obituary ''Los Angeles Times'', March 12, 2010. He won two Olympic medals in freestyl ...

and Viking Palm, he took fourth place. He won the gold medal at the 1953 and 1954

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ...

Fourth Class (1999) * Order of the

Estonian Olympic Committee The Estonian Olympic Committee (, EOK) is responsible for Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games. History The Estonian Sports Federation () decided to form the Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress () on 30 Novem ...

(2008)

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* * * * 1925 births 2017 deaths People from Otepää Parish Sportspeople from Valga County Estonian male sport wrestlers Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists 8th Estonian Rifle Corps personnel Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-wrestling-bio-stub