Jaan Kikkas’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Weightlifter
Was Athlete 
Weightlifter 
Sport cyclist 
From Estonia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 5 June 1892, Walk, Kreis Walk, Livonia Governorate, Russian Empire
Death 9 March 1944, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
(aged 51 years)
Star 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.

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