Johannes Villemson
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| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
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| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100–1500 m |
| Club | Estonian Sports Association Kalev |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 60 m – 7.1 (1917) 100 m – 11.0 (1917) 200 m – 23.4 (1917) 400 m – 52.3 (1917) 800 m – 1:59.3 (1922) 1500 m – 4:11.0 (1917)[1][2][3] |
Johannes Leopold Villemson (25 March 1893 – 22 March 1971) was an Estonian runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[4] He was eliminated in the first round of the 800 m and 1500 m events.[2]
At school Villemson focused on accounting and foreign languages. He started as a speed skater in 1909, but later changed to running and won three consecutive Russian 1500 m titles in 1914–16, placing second-third over 400 m and 800 m and setting multiple Russian records in 800–1500 m events. Later between 1917 and 1930 he won more than 20 Estonian titles over 100–1500 m distances. He was representative for the
Soviet occupation of Estonia, he fled to Germany and then to the United States, arriving there in 1949. He worked in Chicago as a controller at an electrical appliances factory, and for many years headed the Estonian Society.[1]
References
- ^ a b Villemson, Johannes. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ^ a b Johannes Villemson Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Johannes Villemson. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Johannes Villemson". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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