Albert Eduard Kusnets (12 August 1902 – 1942) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia.[2] 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.[3] 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.
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Birth name | Albert Eduard Kusnets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 August 1902[1] Suure-Kambja, Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1942 (aged 39–40) Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kalev Tallinn Sport Tallinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1941, he was sent to a Russian labor camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast, where he starved to death the next winter.[4][5][6]
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