Augusts KIPPASTO

Estonian August Kippasto was selected to the Russian 1912 Olympic team in wrestling’s lightweight class along with two other Estonians Georg Baumann and Oskar Kaplur. In Stockholm Kippasto lost his first two matches, his first in the second minute to Bohemian Karel Halík and his second in the fourth minute to Hungarian Ödön Radvány, who finally placed fourth, and Kippasto did not advance. Kippasto emigrated later to Australia, where he worked as a piano tuner and he also tried his hand in professional wrestling under the name Russian Strongman Ragozin, but without success. He died in Coogee, New South Wales, aged 86.