August Meos

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full nameAugust•Meos
Used nameAugust•Meos
Other namesАвгуст Меос
Born27 July 1886 in Tartu, Tartumaa (EST)
Died28 April 1946 (aged 59 years 9 months 1 day) in Tallinn, Harjumaa (EST)
NOC Russian Federation
Nationality Estonia

Biography

Estonian August Meos was entered as a member of the Russian team for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm to compete in the 800 m run but did not start. He was also a local pioneer in automobile sports.

Meos was a farmer and garden business owner. He ran a flour mill and sold equipment for cleaning seeds and commercial crops. From 1929-34 he was the mayor of Jõgeva, a town in the centre of Estonia, after he had been appointed deputy mayor immediately after Estonian independence. He was arrested by the Russian secret service NKVD in November 1945 and died in a Tallinn prison.

Results

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

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