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| Born | 3 December 1894 Sootaga rural municipality, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Died | 6 August 1974 (aged 79) Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tartu | |||||||||||
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Karl Kõiv (3 December 1894 – 6 August 1974) was an Estonian featherweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1922 World Weightlifting Championships and placed seventh at the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1922–25 he headed the weightlifting section of the Estonian Sports Union. Later he worked as a weightlifting coach and referee, and in this capacity attended the 1936 Summer Olympics.
References
- Karl Kõiv. sports-reference.com
- Kõiv, Karl. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
- "Karl Kõiv". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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