What is August Englas?
[[Image:Heiki Nabi.jpg|thumb|August Englas and [[Heiki Nabi]]]] '''August Englas''' ({{lang-ru|Аугуст Петрович Энглас}}; January 15, 1925 – March 21, 2017) was an [[Estonia]]n [[Amateur wrestling|wrestler]]. He competed for the [[Soviet Union]]. Englas was born in [[Otepää]]. In the [[1952 Summer Olympics]], after defeating [[Adil Atan]], [[Shirang Vithoba Jadav]] and [[Max Leichter]], and losing against [[Henry Wittenberg]] and [[Viking Palm]], he took fourth place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/august-englas-1.html|title=August Englas Bio, Stats, and Results|work=sports-reference.com|access-date=22 March 2017|archive-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/august-englas-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won the gold medal at the 1953 and 1954 [[FILA Wrestling World Championships|World Championship]]. Englas died on March 21, 2017 in [[Tallinn]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.err.ee/585301/suri-kahekordne-maadluse-maailmameister-august-englas|title=Suri kahekordne maadluse maailmameister August Englas|last=ERR|date=21 March 2017|work=err.ee|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Englas, August}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Olympians for Estonia]] [[Category:Wrestlers]] [[Category:Olympians for the Soviet Union]] {{sports-bio-stub}}