Albert Kusnets

Albert Eduard Kusnets (12 August 1902 – 1942) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia. He competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and placed fourth and third, respectively. He won his 1928 bronze medal despite breaking a leg in 1928 and not competing until the Olympics. He earned three more medals at the European championships in 1927–1933.[2] Kusnets missed the 1932 Olympics, because Estonia could not afford sending a team to Los Angeles during the Great Depression. After retiring in 1933 he worked as wrestling coach, and prepared the Olympic champion Kristjan Palusalu.

Albert Kusnets

Kusnets circa 1930
Personal information
Birth name	Albert Eduard Kusnets
Born	12 August 1902[1] Suure-Kambja, Estonia
Died	1942 (aged 39–40) Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Club	Kalev Tallinn Sport Tallinn
Medal record Representing Estonia Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam -75 kg European Championships 1927 Budapest -75 kg 1931 Prague -75 kg 1933 Helsinki -75 kg

In 1941, he was sent to a Russian labor camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast, where he starved to death the next winter.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Albert Eduard Kusnetz". geni.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
2. Kusnets, Albert (EST). iat.uni-leipzig.de
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Kusnets". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
4. Kusnets, Albert. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
5. "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.