Estonian sport Alfred Neuland ● 10 October 1895 ● first Olympic gold 1920 ● weightlifter ● 12 WR Palusalu’s triumph ● 10 March 1908 ● Berlin Olympic games 1936 ● two gold ● Greco-Roman and freestyle heavy weight ● people came to railway stations ● 40 000-60 000 people Paul Keres ● January 7, 1916 ● chess grandmaster ● the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. ● the strongest player never to become world champion ● one of the greatest players in history Jaan Talts ● 19 May 1944 ● weightlifter
with a time of 2:07.28 in 200 m breaststroke. Sun Yang of China set a world record in the men's 1,500 m freestyle. Vollmer of the United States won gold in the women's 100m Butterfly. Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won gold in the men's 100m Breastsroke at the London Olympics. Ye Shiwen of China broke the world record held by Stephanie Rice in the women's 400m Individual Medley by clocking 4:28.43. Weightlifting Lulu, weightlifter from China, created a new world record in the women's 75 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics by lifting a total of 333 kg. Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan set a new world record in the Men's 94kg weightlifting by lifting 233 kg. Tatiana Kashirina of Russia set a new world record in the 75kg snatch by lifting 151 kg. Lu of China set a new world record by scoring a total 379 in the Men's 77kg weightlifting. Kim Un Guk of Democratic People's Republic of