Karl-Heinz Krüger

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze 1980 Moscow Welterweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze Belgrade 1978 Light Welterweight

Karl-Heinz Krüger (born December 25, 1953) is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Andrés Aldama of Cuba. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze, at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

[edit] Olympic results

  • Defeated Mohammad Ali Eldahhan (Syria) 5-0
  • Defeated Lucas Msomba (Tanzania) 5-0
  • Defeated Joseph Frost (Great Britain) 5-0
  • Lost to Andres Aldama (Cuba) 0-5

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