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Jaan Kikkas

1892 - 1944

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Juhan "Jaan" Kikkas (5 June 1892 – 9 March 1944) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, setting a world record in the snatch. Kikkas first trained as a cyclist, and changed to weightlifting in 1921, aged 29. Next year he placed fourth at the world championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaan Kikkas is the 573rd most popular athlete (up from 625th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 141st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Estonian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jaan Kikkas ranks 573 out of 6,025. Before her are Herbert Jamison, František Douda, John Mulcahy, Hartmut Briesenick, Ellen Braumüller, and Nelson Prudêncio. After her are Rodolfo Terlizzi, Ivo Trumbić, Frank Wykoff, André Bonin, Walter Bathe, and István Somodi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Jaan Kikkas ranks 202. Before her are Arvo Aaltonen, Julius Hirsch, Antonio María Barbieri, Jason Robards Sr., Kiyotake Kawaguchi, and Adolf van der Voort van Zijp. After her are Walter Bathe, Bessie Coleman, Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, Pierre Frieden, and Ferde Grofé. Among people deceased in 1944, Jaan Kikkas ranks 238. Before her are Wim Anderiesen, Olga Sanfirova, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Paul-Émile Janson, Shigeo Arai, and Hippolyte Aucouturier. After her are Nikolai Roslavets, Mary Adela Blagg, Henryk Sławik, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Jędrzej Moraczewski, and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaan Kikkas ranks 129 out of 351. Before her are Vaino Väljas (1931), Rudolf Tobias (1873), Juhan Smuul (1922), Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832), Martin Klein (1884), and Gustav Ernesaks (1908). After her are Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Eno Raud (1928), Juhan Liiv (1864), Anna Haava (1864), Johannes Kotkas (1915), and Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798).

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Among ATHLETES In Estonia

Among athletes born in Estonia, Jaan Kikkas ranks 6. Before her are Jüri Lossmann (1891), Roman Steinberg (1900), Aleksander Klumberg (1899), Jüri Tarmak (1946), and Alfred Schmidt (1898). After her are Harald Tammer (1899), Jaan Talts (1944), Ilmar Kullam (1922), Jüri Tamm (1957), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), and Jaak Uudmäe (1954).

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