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 ...

. 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. It i ...

. 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 {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub