Andreas Schnieders (22 December 1966 – 6 October 2022) was a German
boxer.
He competed in the
men's super heavyweight event at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
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After his career ended in 1994 he worked as a security guard at the
Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
Emsland Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear reactor located in the district of Emsland, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The reactor has 193 fuel elements totaling a core weight of 103 tons. It is a Konvoi type reactor.
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Schnieders committed suicide on October 6, 2022. He was survived by his wife and two sons.
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1966 births
2022 deaths
2022 suicides
Super-heavyweight boxers
German male boxers
Olympic boxers for West Germany
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
People from Cloppenburg (district)
Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
Suicides in Germany
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