Gustav Kalkun
Personal information
Born22 March 1898
Raadi, Governorate of Livonia
Died24 April 1972 (aged 74)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
ClubNMKÜ Tartu
University of Geneva
Achievements and titles
Personal best45.61 (1928)[1][2]

Gustav Kalkun (22 March 1898 – 24 April 1972) was an Estonian discus thrower.[3] He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and placed 15th and 10th, respectively.[1] He was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for Estonia in 1928.[4][5]

Kalkun graduated from school in Riga, Latvia (1916), and then studied physical education in Tartu, Estonia (1927), and Geneva, Switzerland (1930). He fought as a volunteer in World War I and Estonian War of Independence. He later worked as a physical education teacher in Tallinn, Narva and Tartu and acted as a referee and journalist covering athletics and basketball. In 1944, when Soviet troops arrived in Estonia, he emigrated to the United States.[6] He was physical director of the YMCA in London, Ontario until 1950, when he took the same position at the YMCA in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[3] He was married to Waralda Ilmatara Kalkun, who died in 1967.[7] Kalkun died at a hospital in Windsor, Ontario, in 1972.[8]

Kalkun's nephew was actor Karl Kalkun, whose son is the sports journalist Kristjan Kalkun.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Gustav Kalkun. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Gustav Kalkun. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. 1 2 "New Physical Director for Sault YMCA". The Sault Star. Sault St. Marie, ON. 9 August 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ Estonia. sports-reference.com
  5. ↑ "Gustav Kalkun". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Kalkun, Gustav. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon
  7. ↑ "Kalkun, Mrs. Waralda Ilmatara". The Sault Star. Sault St. Marie, ON. 19 September 1967. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ↑ "Kalkun Gustav". The Sault Star. Sault St. Marie, ON. 24 April 1972. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ↑ Vikat, Marilin (2 August 2005). "Kristjan Kalkun sai vägilase mõõtu poja". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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