August Elmik

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full nameAugust Arnold•Elmik
Used nameAugust•Elmik
Other namesАвгуст Арнольд Элмик
Born14 October 1893 in Tartu, Tartumaa (EST)
Died21 May 1942 (aged 48 years 7 months 7 days) in Irkutsk, Irkutsk (RUS)
NOC Russian Federation
Nationality Estonia

Biography

Estonian August Elmik was entered as a member of the Russian team for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm to compete in the 1,500 m run but did not start. He became a high school teacher in physical education in Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa. Elmik was active at the local theatre as an actor and music designer. In 1926, he was co-founder of the Saaremaa Merispordi Selts (Saaremaa Maritime Sports Society). Under the authoritarian rule of the by-then independent Estonia he was awarded the Order of the Cross of the Eagle in 1938.

With his wife Ksenja he had one son. In July 1941, he was arrested and deported. After being sentenced to death in April 1942, he was executed one month later in a prison camp in Irkutsk in Siberia.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1912 Summer Olympics Athletics RUS EST August Elmik
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS