Martin Klein

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Martin Klein

Estonian wrestler

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Martin Klein and Alfred Asikainen
The Match That Wouldn’t End
No one is quite certain why the Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler Martin Klein, who had competed in several international events under his nation’s flag, chose to appear at the 1912 Olympic Games wearing the uniform of tsarist Russia. It was a choice that may have stirred…
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No one is quite certain why the Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler Martin Klein, who had competed in several international events under his nation’s flag, chose to appear at the 1912 Olympic Games wearing the uniform of tsarist Russia. It was a choice that may have stirred…
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