August Johannes Kippasto (28 August 1887 – 24 September 1973) was an

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who competed for the

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at the

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. He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, Georg Baumann and Oskar Kaplur, at the

, where he was eliminated after losing against

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and

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. In 1929 he emigrated to Australia, where he worked as a

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and while living in

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, and as a pupil of the great

Georg Hackenschmidt Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (1 August 1877 – 19 February 1968) was an Estonian strongman, amateur and professional wrestler, writer, and sports philosopher who is recognized as professional wrestling's first world heavyweight champion. ...

, also tried his hand in

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under the name Russian Strongman Razgon (Ragozin, Ivan Razgon, Kippasto Razgon), but without success. He wrestled among others with Estonian-born Martin Bucht, former Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Champion, Heavyweight Champion of Australia and Master of a Thousand Holds

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. and the American heavyweight wrestler Bill Beth . 1973 he published poems collection "Mõtteid Kodust" in

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References

* В. Чесноков: Спортивная борьба в СССР. Справочник. Москва: Физкультура и спорт 1954

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