Karl-Heinz Krüger (born 25 December 1953) is a retired

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

, who represented

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 67 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist

Andrés Aldama Andrés Aldama Cabrera (born April 9, 1956) is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Aldama defeated John Mugabi of ...

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. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze, at the second

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Olympic results

*Defeated

Mohamed Ali El-Dahan Mohamed Ali El-Dahan ( ar, محمد علي الدهان; born 14 July 1960) is a Syrian boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Olympic results ;1980 (welterweight) *Lost to Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germ ...

(Syria) 5–0 *Defeated Lucas Msomba (Tanzania) 5–0 *Defeated Joseph Frost (Great Britain) 5–0 *Lost to

(Cuba) 0–5

References

1953 births Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of 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 People from Templin Sportspeople from Brandenburg {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub