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Jüri Lossmann

1891 - 1984

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Jüri Lossmann (4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1891 – 1 May 1984) was an Estonian long-distance runner. He finished second in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at 2:32:48.6, trailing Hannes Kolehmainen by 13 seconds, but beating the third-placed Valerio Arri by almost 4 minutes. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he was the flag bearer for Estonia and finished tenth in the marathon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jüri Lossmann is the 83rd most popular athlete (up from 145th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jüri Lossmann ranks 83 out of 6,025. Before him are Alberto Juantorena, Jack Shea, Efren Reyes, Sid Atkinson, Volodymyr Holubnychy, and Jānis Lūsis. After him are Charles Greene, Eddie Eagan, Ken Matthews, Valeriy Brumel, Friedrich Traun, and Inese Jaunzeme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Jüri Lossmann ranks 80. Before him are Poul Nielsen, Johannes R. Becher, Kálmán Kalocsay, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Otto Schmidt, and Bruno Loerzer. After him are Hermann Scherchen, Grunya Sukhareva, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Tin Ujević, Yvan Goll, and Ivan Vinogradov. Among people deceased in 1984, Jüri Lossmann ranks 76. Before him are He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, Branko Ćopić, Ernesto Mascheroni, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, and Walter Tevis. After him are Trygve Bratteli, Rodrigo Lara, Nodar Dumbadze, George Gallup, Faina Ranevskaya, and Ken Carpenter.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jüri Lossmann ranks 44 out of 351. Before him are Marie Under (1883), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Leonid Kulik (1883), Hermann von Keyserling (1880), Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland (1601), and Bernhard Schmidt (1879). After him are Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711), Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Roman Steinberg (1900), Evald Aav (1900), and Johannes Aavik (1880).

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Among ATHLETES In Estonia

Among athletes born in Estonia, Jüri Lossmann ranks 1. After him are Roman Steinberg (1900), Aleksander Klumberg (1899), Jüri Tarmak (1946), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Harald Tammer (1899), Jaan Talts (1944), Ilmar Kullam (1922), Jüri Tamm (1957), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), and Jaak Uudmäe (1954).

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