Roman Steinberg (after 1938, Roman Kivimägi; 5 April 1900 – 20 May 1939), 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 Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal winner in middleweight class at the

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. Steinberg was also three times Estonian wrestling champion 1921–1923, coached by

Robert Oksa Robert Aleksander Oksa (13 February 1893 – 30 May 1967) was a Finnish-born wrestler and wrestling coach. He was the head coach of the Estonian and Swedish national teams in the 1920s–1950s. Life Oksa was a railroad worker who won three Finn ...

. He died after contracting

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in w ...

, age 39, and was buried at Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Tallinn.

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1900 births 1939 deaths People from Lääneranna Parish People from Kreis Wiek Olympic wrestlers for Estonia Olympic bronze medalists for Estonia Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Estonian male sport wrestlers Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Estonian people 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Estonia {{Estonia-wrestling-bio-stub

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