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Weight
  
100 kg (220 lb)

Coached by
  
Sport
  
Weightlifting

Coach
  
Alfred Neuland

Kaljo Raag

Born
  
3 June 1892
Kirumpää, Estonia

Died
  
10 April 1967, Tallinn, Estonia

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. He won the national heavyweight title in 1925 and 1927 and set six national records.

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.

References

Kaljo Raag Wikipedia


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