Georg Baumann
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Georg Baumann was an Estonian
wrestler
who competed for Russian Empire
, world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
.
He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, August Kippasto
and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics
in Stockholm
, where he was eliminated after losing against later winner Emil Väre
and Johan Alfred Salonen.
He was the lightweight class World champion at the 1913 Wrestling World Championships
in Breslau. In the same year he won a gold in Russian Olympiad and he was awarded the title Best Amateur Wrestler of the Baltic States
.
Estonians
Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...
wrestler
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
who competed for Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...
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He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, August Kippasto
August Kippasto
August Johannes Kippasto was an Estonian wrestler who competed for Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, Georg Baumann and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he was...
and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, where he was eliminated after losing against later winner Emil Väre
Emil Väre
Emil Ernst Väre was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He won two consecutive gold medals in the lightweight class.-External links:*...
and Johan Alfred Salonen.
He was the lightweight class World champion at the 1913 Wrestling World Championships
1913 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The 1913 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Breslau, Germany in late July 1913.-Medal table:-Men's Greco-Roman:-References:*...
in Breslau. In the same year he won a gold in Russian Olympiad and he was awarded the title Best Amateur Wrestler of the Baltic States
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
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