Voldemar Rõks
| Voldemar Rõks | ||
 Team of the JK Tallinna Kalev (1923)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | July 15, 1900 | |
| place of birth | Sarevere , Estonia Governorate | |
| date of death | December 27, 1941 | |
| Place of death | Solikamsk , Soviet Union | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1923-1924 | JK Tallinna Kalev | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1924 | Estonia | 2 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Voldemar Rõks (born July 15, 1900 in Särevere , Estonia Governorate , † December 27, 1941 in the Solikamsk POW camp , Soviet Union ) was an Estonian football player and athlete .
Career
Voldemar Rõks was born in 1900 in Särevere, a village in the Türi commune . In 1916 he joined the JK Tallinna Kalev to do sports. From 1921 to 1924 Rõks studied at the Tallinn University of Technology . His football career, which presumably included the years 1923 and 1924, he completed with JK Tallinna Kalev, with whom he won the championship in 1923, and for the Estonian national team . With the selection of his home country, he took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, but was not used.
For the national team he played after his debut in June 1924 against Ireland , which took place in Colombes , France and served as a preparatory game for the upcoming Olympics, again in October of the same year against Latvia in Riga .
As a track and field athlete, he was able to win silver in the 200-meter run and bronze in the 1500-meter run at the Estonian Athletics Championships in 1920 .
Later years
Voldemar Rõks, who worked at the Estonian Central Bank , was deported to the Stalinist gulag system between 1940 and 1941 , like many other Estonians , after the Soviet occupation of Estonia in World War II . He died at the age of 41 in Solikamsk Detention Center 366 .
successes
in Football:
as a track and field athlete:
- Estonian Athletics Championships 1920:
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200 m -
1500 m
Web links
- CV of Voldemar Rõks esbl.ee
- Voldemar Rõks in the National-Football-Teams.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Football international: Estonia 1: 1 (1: 1) Ireland. eu-football.info, June 3, 1924, accessed on December 3, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Football international match: Latvia 2-0 (2-0) Estonia. eu-football.info, October 18, 1924, accessed on December 5, 2013 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rõks, Voldemar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roks, Voldemar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian football player and athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarevere , Estonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1941 |
| Place of death | Solikamsk , Soviet Union |