August Englas
{{Short description|Estonian wrestler (1925–2017)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = August Englas
|birth_date = 15 January 1925
|birth_place = Pühajärve Parish, Estonia
|death_date = {{death date and age|21 March 2017|15 January 1925|df=yes}}
|show-medals = y
|medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1953 Naples|87 kg}}
{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1954 Tokyo|87 kg}}
}}
August Englas (15 January 1925 – 21 March 2017) was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=http://sport.err.ee/585301/suri-kahekordne-maadluse-maailmameister-august-englas |title=Suri kahekordne maadluse maailmameister August Englas |last=ERR |date=21 March 2017 |work=err.ee |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322015307/http://sport.err.ee/585301/suri-kahekordne-maadluse-maailmameister-august-englas |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}
Englas was born in Pühajärve Parish (now part of Otepää Parish). In the 1952 Summer Olympics, after defeating Adil Atan, Shrirang Jadhav and Max Leichter, and losing against Henry Wittenberg and Viking Palm, he took fourth place.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/august-englas-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/august-englas-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=August Englas |access-date=22 March 2017}} He won the gold medal at the 1953 and 1954 World Championships.
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the White Star Fourth Class (1999)
- Order of the Estonian Olympic Committee (2008)
References
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External links
- {{IWD}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|august-englas}}
- {{ESBL profile}}
{{World Champions freestyle wrestling light heavyweight}}
{{World Champions Greco-Roman wrestling light heavyweight}}
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Category:People from Otepää Parish
Category:Sportspeople from Valga County
Category:Estonian male sport wrestlers
Category:Soviet male sport wrestlers
Category:Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union
Category:Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:8th Estonian Rifle Corps personnel
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class
Category:Burials at Metsakalmistu
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