Johannes Vilberg (25 December 1903 – 26 October 1981) was an

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, and t ...

n sport shooter. He was born in Aleksandri Rural Municipality,

Harju County Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sou ...

. He began his shooting career in 1927, coached by

Johannes Siir Johannes Siir (11 May 1889 – 18 January 1941) was an Estonian military colonel and sport shooter. He was born in Kolga Rural Municipality, Harju County. He participated in World War I and the Estonian War of Independence. In 1933 he graduated fr ...

. He won silver and gold medals at the 1935 ISSF World Shooting Championships. He was 18-times Estonian champion in different shooting disciplines. 1931–1939 and 1947–1950 he was a member of Estonian national sport shooting team. He is buried at

Tallinn Forest Cemetery Metsakalmistu (meaning ''Forest Cemetery'') is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemet ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilberg, Johannes 1903 births 1981 deaths Estonian male sport shooters People from Põlva Parish Burials at Metsakalmistu 20th-century Estonian people