Saul Hallap
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| Born | 10 December 1897 Erastvere, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 1941 (aged 43) Umbusi, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
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Saul Hallap (10 December 1897 – 18 July 1941) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter who won a world title in 1922 and placed ninth at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2] After retiring from competitions he worked as a circus performer and masseur. He was killed during World War II[3][4] together with his partner, the circus acrobat Alma Kaal. Since 2002 a memorial weightlifting tournament has been held in Tartu in his honor.[5]
References
- ^ Saul Hallap. sports-reference.com
- ^ Saul Hallap. chidlovski.net
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Saul Hallap". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Hallap, Saul. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
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