Marco Rudolph (born May 22, 1970 in
Zittau
Zittau ( hsb, Žitawa, dsb, Žytawa, pl, Żytawa, cs, Žitava, Upper Lusatian Dialect: ''Sitte''; from Slavic "'' rye''" (Upper Sorbian and Czech: ''žito'', Lower Sorbian: ''žyto'', Polish: ''żyto'')) is the southeasternmost city in the Ge ...
,
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
) is a retired German
boxer, who won the
Lightweight Silver medal at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
.
Professional career
Rudolph began his professional career in 1995 and had limited success. He fought
Artur Grigorian in 1998 for the WBO Lightweight Title, but was TKO'd in the 6th. Rudolph retired after the fight with a record of 13-1-0.
Amateur career
Record: 207-28-1
*1987 German National Featherweight Champion
*1988 European Junior Featherweight Champion
*1989 German National Featherweight Champion
*1989 2nd place at Featherweight at the
1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to
Kirkor Kirkorov
Kirkor Kirkorov ( bg, Киркор Киркоров; born March 4, 1968, as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the fi ...
of Bulgaria in final.
*1991 3rd place at
1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to
Vasile Nistor
Vasile Nistor (born 9 June 1967) is a Romanian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offici ...
of Romania by 1st-round TKO.
*1991 German National Lightweight Champion
*1991 World Amateur Lightweight Champion in Sydney, Australia.
**
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championshi ...
(United States) won on points
**
Julien Lorcy (France) won on points
**
Vasile Nistor
Vasile Nistor (born 9 June 1967) is a Romanian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offici ...
(Romania) won on points
**
Artur Grigorian (
Unified Team) won on points
*1992 German National Lightweight Champion
*Silver medalist at Lightweight the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
**
Vasile Nistor
Vasile Nistor (born 9 June 1967) is a Romanian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offici ...
(Romania) won on points
**
Dariusz Snarski (Poland) won on points
**
Julien Lorcy (France) won on points
**
Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (Mongolia) won on points
**
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championshi ...
(United States) lost on points
*
1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Assoc ...
in Tampere, Finland, competed at Lightweight. Lost in 2nd round
Damian Austin of Cuba.
*1993 2nd place in German Amateur Championships as a Lightweight, losing to
Heiko Hinz in the final.
*1994 Lightweight Gold Medalist at World Cup competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
**
Mekhak Kazarian (Armenia) won on points
**
Godwin Osagie (Nigeria) won on points
**
Nurlan Kalibaev (Kazakhstan) won on points
**
Bruno Wartelle (France) won on points
**
Julio Gonzalez (Cuba) won on points
*1994 German Amateur Lightweight champion, defeating
Heiko Hinz in the final.
*1995 3rd place at Lightweight in
1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Berlin, Germany.
**
Diego Corrales
Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. (August 25, 1977 – May 7, 2007) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007. He was a multiple-time world champion in two weight divisions, having held the IBF super featherweight title from 199 ...
(United States) won on points
**
Alex Trujillo
Alexander Trujillo (born August 28, 1974) is a retired professional boxer from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Pu ...
(Puerto Rico) won on points
**
Paata Gvasalia (Russia) won on points
**
Leonard Doroftei (Romania) won on points
External links
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1970 births
Living people
People from Zittau
Lightweight boxers
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
German male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Saxony
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