Albert Kusnets

Albert Kusnets
Kusnets circa 1930
Personal information
Birth nameAlbert Eduard Kusnets
Born25 August 1902[1]
Suure-Kambja, Estonia
Died1942 (aged 39–40)
Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubKalev Tallinn
Sport Tallinn
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Estonia Estonia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Amsterdam 75 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1927 Budapest 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1931 Prague 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1933 Helsinki 75 kg

Albert Eduard Kusnets (25 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.

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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  2. ^ "Albert Kusnets". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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  6. ^ "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.