Reiner Gies (born March 12, 1963, in

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...

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) is a former

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who won a Light Welterweight Bronze Medal at the

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for

. Four years earlier, when

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hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Olympic results

Represented West Germany as a lightweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. *1st round bye *Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq) 4-1 *Defeated

John Kalbhenn John Kalbhenn (born April 14, 1963 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was defeated in the third round of the men's lightweight ...

(Canada) 5-0 *Lost to

Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Sr. (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, ligh ...

(United States) 0-5 Represented West Germany as a Light Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, capturing a bronze medal. *Defeated Basil Maelagi (Solomon Islands) walkover *Defeated Lórant Szabó (Hungary) 5-0 *Defeated

Adrian Carew Adrian Dodson also known as Adrian Carew (born 20 September 1970) is a British former Olympic boxer. He competed for Guyana at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the name Adrian Carew before representing Great Britain at the 1992 Summer O ...

(Guyana) 3-2 *Defeated Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansükh (Mongolia) 4-1 *Lost to

Vyacheslav Yanovskiy Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy (russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский sometimes spelt ''Viatcheslav Ianovski'', born August 24, 1957, in Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian boxer who won a ...

(Soviet Union) KO 1

Pro career

Gies turned pro in 1991 and had limited success, losing two fights to journeymen and retiring with a record of 13-2-0.

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* 1963 births Living people People from Kaiserslautern Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics German male boxers Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate Light-welterweight boxers {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub