Jaan Kikkas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaan Kikkas

weightlifter

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1892

Place of Birth: Walk, Livonia Governorate, Estonia

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1944

Profession: sport cyclist, weightlifter

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Juhan "Jaan" Kikkas (5 June 1892 – 9 March 1944) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter.
He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, setting a world record in the snatch.Kikkas first trained as a cyclist, and changed to weightlifting in 1921, aged 29.
Next year he placed fourth at the world championships.
In 1925 he won his only national weightlifting title.
After retiring from competitions he ran his metal workshop in Tallinn.
He died there in 1944 during a Soviet air raid.