| Birth name | Albert Eduard Kusnets |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 25 August 1902 |
| Birth place | Suure-Kambja, Estonia |
| Death date | 1942 (aged 39–40) |
| Death place | Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling |
| Club | Kalev Tallinn Sport Tallinn |
Albert Eduard Kusnets (25 August 1902 – 1942) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia.[1] 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.
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
- ^ "Albert Kusnets". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Kusnets, Albert (EST). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ "www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/albert-kusnets-1.html". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Kusnets, Albert. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- ^ "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.