Statue of wrestler Georg Lurich

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Estonian wrestler and strongman Georg Lurich was a wrestling world champion in the early years of the 20th century, and was the first Estonian to set a world weightlifting record Born in 1876, he helped to popularise athletics and sport in Estonia and remains a popular figure in Estonia, for a century after his death in 1920. This memorial is on Estonia puiestee street in Tallinn. It says: Eesti maadlusspordi Rajaja mitmekordne Maailmameister Georg Lurich 22.4.1876 - 22.1.1920 õppis eno. talinna Reaalkoolis aastail 1887 kuni 1894 Translated as: Founder of Estonian wrestling sport and multiple World Champion Georg Lurich 22 April 1876 - 22 January 1920 Studied at the Tallinn Secondary Science School from 1887 to 1894