Robert Keres Explained

Robert Keres
Nationality:Estonian
Birth Date:14 August 1907
Birth Place:Urvaste, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Death Place:Freudental, Allied-occupied Germany
College:University of Tartu

Robert Keres (14 August 1907  - 29 October 1946) was an Estonian basketball and volleyball player and track and field athlete. He was the men's basketball champion in 1934, 1936, and 1937, and 1932 and 1934 Estonian men's volleyball champion with Tartu NMKÜ.

He competed for the Estonia men's national basketball team in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He was also involved in athletics and achieved third place in the 110 metres hurdles at the Estonian Games in 1934 and won bronze in the triple jump at the Estonian Games in 1933. Later, he worked as sports correspondent for Rahvaleht and Vaba Maa.

Keres was mobilized into the German Army during World War II following the German occupation of Estonia. He died in Freudental after the war's end from wounds he suffered during combat.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Keres. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/robert-keres-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2017-01-04 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: Keres, Robert . Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) . 2011 . 21 November 2024 . et.