Jump to content

Egon Roolaid

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Egon Roolaid
Personal information
Birth nameEgon Rosenberg
Born26 September 1918
Tallinn, Estonia
Died1943
Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event100–400 m freestyle
ClubKalev Tallinn
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m 1:01.1 (1939)
200 m – 2:21.4 (1939)
400 m – 5:06.8 (1938)

Egon Roolaid (born Rosenberg, 26 September 1918 – c. 1943) was an Estonian freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 100 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, alongside his brother Boris, but failed to reach the final.[1]

Roolaid took up swimming in 1932, and between 1934 and 1940 won 19 national titles. In 1941 both brothers were sent to Soviet labor camps, where they died in 1942–43.[2] Egon was rehabilitated in 1989.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Egon Roolaid. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ^ Roolaid, Egon. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon