Georg Baumann
| Georg Baumann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 September 1892 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | c. 1915 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Russian Empire | ||
| Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1913 Breslau | 75 kg |
Georg Baumann (Russian: Георгий Бауманн; 1 September 1892 – c. 1915) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire, and was world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, August Kippasto and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he was eliminated after losing against later winner Emil Väre and Johan Alfred Salonen.[1]
He was the lightweight class World champion at the 1913 Wrestling World Championships in Breslau. In the same year he won a gold in Russian Olympiad and he was awarded the title Best Amateur Wrestler of the Baltic States. He was killed during World War I.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Georg Baumann Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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