Jüri Lossmann

Jüri Lossmann
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Born 4 February 1891
Kabala, Estonia
Died 1 May 1984 (aged 93)
Stockholm, Sweden

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

  1. "Jüri Lossmann Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-10-07.