Johan Meimer
{{short description|Estonian athlete}}
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| name = Johan Meimer
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| nationality = Estonian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Javelin throw
Decathlon
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|6|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kehtna, Governorate of Estonia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|12|10|1904|6|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Piirsalu, Estonian SSR
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Johan Meimer (19 June 1904 – 10 December 1944) was an Estonian athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw and the men's decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/johan-meimer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214346/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/johan-meimer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Johan Meimer Olympic Results |accessdate=15 January 2018}} He was a forest brother and killed during the World War II by Soviets.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}
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Category:People from Kehtna Parish
Category:Sportspeople from Rapla County
Category:People from Kreis Harrien
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Estonian male javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Estonia
Category:People killed in World War II
Category:Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union
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