Eduard Pütsep
Olympic athlete
1898 – 1960
Who was Eduard Pütsep?
Eduard Pütsep was an Estonian wrestler who won a Gold Medal in the Bantamweight division in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France after defeating Sweden's Sigfrid Hansson in the Sixth Round.
He was born in the Vastseliina Parish, in Võru County, Estonia and competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympic Games for his home country. At the 1922 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship in Stockholm, Sweden he lost only in the final match to Swedish 1920 Olympics wrestling bronze medalist Fritiof Svensson by points and won the Silver medal.
In 1924, he had a starring role in the Estonian silent film Õnnelik korterikriisi lahendus, directed by Konstantin Märska and a role in the 1925 Paul Sehnert-directed Tšeka komissar Miroštšenko.
Eduard Pütsep died in Kuusamo, Finland in 1960. The international Eduard Pütsep Memorial in Greco-Roman wrestling for the youth is held in Võru from 1977.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Oct 21, 1898
Vastseliina Parish - Also known as
- Пютсеп, Эдуард
- Lived in
- Vastseliina Parish
- Died
- Aug 22, 1960
Kuusamo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Eduard Pütsep." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 Jun 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/eduard_putsep>.
Discuss this Eduard Pütsep biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In