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Johannes Kotkas

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Johannes Kotkas (1915 to 1998) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He held the European title in 1938, 1939 and 1947, and placed second at the 1953 world championships. He was born on 3 February 1915 and died on 8 May 1998. The summary in the source stresses his results at the Olympic Games, the European championships and the world championships. Detail on his bouts and opponents is not in the source lead and is left for later depth work.

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was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia
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1. Johannes Kotkas (Wikipedia)
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    3 February 1915
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    was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia
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    won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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