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Olaf Luiga

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Olaf Luiga
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born(1908-08-23)23 August 1908
Omsk, Russia
Died5 July 1939(1939-07-05) (aged 30)
Tartu, Estonia[1]
Sport
SportWeightlifting

Olaf Luiga (23 August 1908 – 5 July 1939) was an Estonian weightlifter.[2] He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]

Luiga began training as a boxer at the Kalev Tallinn multi-sport club in 1924 with Valter Palm. From 1933 to 1939 he was a member of the board of the Kalev Weightlifting Department. He was a member of both the Estonian national weightlifting and wrestling teams. He died of cancer, aged 30, and was buried in Tallinn's Rahumäe cemetery.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Luiga, Olaf". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Olaf Luiga". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olaf Luiga Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.