Kaljo Raag
Estonian weightlifter (1892–1967)
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Kaljo-Feliks Raag (3 June 1892 – 10 April 1967) was an Estonian heavyweight weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Championships and placed seventh at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He won the national heavyweight title in 1925 and 1927 and set six national records.[3][4]
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| Born | 3 June 1892 Kirumpää, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 April 1967 (aged 74) Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Alfred Neuland | |||||||||||
Medal record
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After retiring from competitions, Raag acted as a weightlifting coach, referee and official. Besides wrestling, he was known as a singer and theater actor. He performed as an actor at the Valga theatre from 1919 until 1922 and as a choral singer and soloist at the Estonia Theatre from 1928 until 1933. He appeared in two Estonian silent films: Õnnelik korterikriisi lahendus (1924), directed by Konstantin Märska, and Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko (1925), directed by Paul Sehnert.[3]
