August Kippasto

Who was August Kippasto?

August Johannes Kippasto was an Estonian wrestler who competed for Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, Georg Baumann and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he was eliminated after losing against Ödön Radvány and Karel Halík.

Later, he emigrated to Australia, where he worked as a piano tuner in Melbourne and while living in Mount Isa, and as a pupil of the great Georg Hackenschmidt, also tried his hand in professional wrestling under the name Russian Strongman Razgon, but without success. He wrestled among others with estonian born Martin Bucht, former Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Champion, Heavyweight Champion of Australia and Master of a Thousand Holds Billy Meeske. and the American heavyweight wrestler Bill Beth.

1973 he published poems collection "Mõtteid Kodust" in Sydney.