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Olaf Luiga

Olaf Luiga

Estonian weightlifter

Olaf Luiga (23 August 1908 – 5 July 1939) was an Estonian weightlifter.[2] He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]

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Luiga began training as a boxer at the Kalev Tallinn multi-sport club in 1924 with Valter Palm. From 1933 to 1939 he was a member of the board of the Kalev Weightlifting Department. He was a member of both the Estonian national weightlifting and wrestling teams. He died of cancer, aged 30, and was buried in Tallinn's Rahumäe cemetery.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Luiga, Olaf". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Olaf Luiga". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olaf Luiga Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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