Adalbert Toots
Personal information
Birth nameViktor Aristokles-Adelberg Toots[1]
NationalityEstonian
Born(1910-03-12)12 March 1910
Tartu, Estonia
Died25 August 1948(1948-08-25) (aged 38)
Kemerovo Oblast, Russia[1]
Sport
SportWrestling

Adalbert Toots (12 March 1910 – 25 August 1948) was an Estonian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He was arrested by the NKVD in 1946 and died in a Soviet gulag prison camp in 1948.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Toots, Aristokles-Adelberg, Viktor". Museum of Occupations (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adalbert Toots Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "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 23 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Toots, Adalbert". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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