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Jüri Lossmann

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Estonian athletics competitor and association football player (1891–1984)

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Country
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Key facts

Born
( 1891-02-04 ) 4 February 1891, Kabala , Governorate of Livonia
Died
1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (aged 93), Stockholm , Sweden
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Athletics
Event s
10,000 m, marathon
Club
Kalev Tallinn
Personal best s
10,000 m – 34:05.0 (1924), Marathon – 2:32:49 (1920)

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jüri Lossmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.