Boris Roolaid (born ''Rosenberg'', 3 February 1917 – c. 1942) was an Estonian

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swimmer. He competed in the 100 m event at the

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, alongside his younger brother

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, but failed to reach the final. Roolaid took up swimming in 1932, and between 1935 and 1937 won three national titles. In 1941 both brothers were sent to Soviet labor camps, where they died in 1942–43.

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* * 1917 births 1942 deaths Swimmers from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Estonia Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People who died in the Gulag Estonian people who died in Soviet detention {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub