Career
He also represented the Estonia men"s national basketball team internationally. Veskila competed for Estonia in the 1936 Summer Olympics in basketball and as a high jumper, setting an Estonian record of 1.85 metres in the high jump. Veskila made the All-Star team at the EuroBasket 1937 and was the leading scorer at the EuroBasket 1939, with 116 points in seven games.
He earned 17 caps in baskeball for Estonia men"s national basketball team
He died on 22 July 1941 as a prisoner-of-war.