Jüri Lossmann
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4 February 1891 Kabala, Estonia | |||||||||
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1 May 1984 (aged 93) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||
Medal record
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Jüri Lossmann (4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1891 in Kabala – 1 May 1984 in Stockholm) was an Estonian long distance runner.
Lossmann came in second on 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. In the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he came in 10th place.[1]
In 1944 Lossmann fled to Sweden, during the Russian takeover of Estonia.
References
- ↑ "Jüri Lossmann Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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