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Gustav Kalkun
Personal information
Born22 March 1898
Raadi, Estonia
Died24 April 1972 (aged 74)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
ClubNMKÜ Tartu
University of Geneva
Achievements and titles
Personal best45.61 (1928)[1][2]

Gustav Kalkun (22 March 1898 – 24 April 1972) was an Estonian discus thrower. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and placed 15th and 10th, respectively.[1] He was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for Estonia in 1928.[3]

Kalkun graduated from school in Riga, Latvia (1916), and then studied physical education in Tartu, Estonia (1927), and Geneva, Switzerland (1930). He fought as a volunteer in World War I and Estonian War of Independence. He later worked as a physical education teacher in Tallinn, Narva and Tartu and acted as a referee and journalist covering athletics and basketball. In 1944, when Soviet troops arrived in Estonia, he immigrated to the United States, where he died in 1972.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Gustav Kalkun. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Gustav Kalkun. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ Estonia. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ Kalkun, Gustav. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon