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Jochen Bachfeld (born December 17, 1952) is a retired
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from
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, who represented his native country at the
1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...
in
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, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the
welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
division (– 67 kg) after defeating
Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...
of
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in the final.


1976 Olympic results

Below is the record of Jochen Bachfeld, an East German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: *Round of 64: Defeated Ali Bahri Khomani (Iran) referee stopped contest in first round *Round of 32: Defeated
Athanasios Iliadis Athanasios Iliadis (born 23 August 1952) is a Greek boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights en ...
(Greece) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16: Defeated Valeri Rachkov (Soviet Union) by decision, 4-1 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Carmen Rinke (Canada) by decision, 5-0 *Semifinal: Defeated Victor Zilberman (Romania) by decision, 3-2 *Final: Defeated
Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...
(Venezuela) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)


References

* * 1952 births Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics German male boxers Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver People from Ludwigslust-Parchim {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub