Herbert Bauch (born 18 May 1957 in
Berlin
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) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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, who represented
East Germany
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at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow
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,
Soviet Union
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. There he won the bronze medal in the
light heavyweight division (– 81 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist
Slobodan Kačar
Slobodan Kačar ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Качар; born 15 September 1957) is a retired Serbian boxer who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight world champion. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In t ...
of
Yugoslavia
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. Two years earlier he captured the bronze medal at the second
World Championships
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in
Belgrade.
1980 Olympic results
Below are the results of Herbert Bauch, an East German light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:
* Round of 16: Defeated Bozhidar Ivanov (Bulgaria) by decision, 5–0
* Quarterfinal: Defeated Benny Pike (Australia) by a second-round knockout
* Semifinal Lost to
Slobodan Kačar
Slobodan Kačar ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Качар; born 15 September 1957) is a retired Serbian boxer who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight world champion. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In t ...
(Yugoslavia) referee stopped contest in the second round (was awarded a bronze medal)
References
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1957 births
Living people
Sportspeople from East Berlin
Boxers from Berlin
Light-heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for East Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
German male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
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