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Roman Steinberg

Personal information
Born	(1900-04-05)5 April 1900 Massu, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died	20 May 1939(1939-05-20) (aged 39) Tallinn, Estonia
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Estonia Olympic Games 1924 Paris 75 kg

Roman Steinberg (after 1938, Roman Kivimägi; 5 April 1900 – 20 May 1939), was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal winner in middleweight class at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Steinberg was also three times Estonian wrestling champion 1921–1923, coached by Robert Oksa. He died after contracting tuberculosis, age 39, and was buried at Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Tallinn.

See also

• Estonia at the 1924 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Steinberg, Roman". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (in Estonian). 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
2. Valdre, Jaak (April 2020). "Kohalike juurtega olümpiamedalist Roman Steinberg (Kivimägi) 120" [Olympic medalist Roman Steinberg with local roots]. Lääneranna Teataja (in Estonian). Lääneranna Parish, Estonia: Lääneranna Teataja. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roman Steinberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
4. "Roman Steinberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

• Kuningas, Tiit; Tiit Lääne (2005). Olümpiamängude ajalugu II, suvemängud 1920–1944 (en: History of the Olympic Games II Summer Games 1920–1944) (in Estonian). Tallinn: Maalehe Raamat. ISBN 9985-64-255-4.
• Lääne, Tiit (2006). Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006 (en: Estonian Olympic Medal Winners: 1912–2006) (in Estonian). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus. ISBN 9949-427-25-8.

External links

• Roman Steinberg at the International Wrestling Database
• Roman Steinberg at Olympics.com
• Roman Steinberg at ESBL (in Estonian)
• Roman Steinberg at the Estonian Olympic Committee (archived)
• Picture of Roman Steinberg at the Estonian Olympic Committee webpage Archived 11 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Hickok Sports at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 22 February 2002)
• GBR Athletics

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