Albert Eduard Kusnets (25 August 1902 – 1942) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia.[2] He competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and placed fourth and third, respectively. He won his 1928 bronze medal despite breaking a leg in 1928 and not competing until the Olympics. He earned three more medals at the European championships in 1927–1933.[3] Kusnets missed the 1932 Olympics, because Estonia could not afford sending a team to Los Angeles during the Great Depression. After retiring in 1933 he worked as wrestling coach, and prepared the Olympic champion Kristjan Palusalu.
 Kusnets circa 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Albert Eduard Kusnets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1902[1] Suure-Kambja, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1942 (aged 39–40) Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tallinn Sport Tallinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1941, he was sent to a Russian labor camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast, where he starved to death the next winter.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Albert Eduard Kusnetz". geni.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Albert Kusnets". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Kusnets, Albert (EST). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Kusnets". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Kusnets, Albert. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External links
edit- Albert Kusnets at the International Wrestling Database
- Albert Kusnets at Olympedia
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