Rudi Fink (born 6 June 1958) is a retired boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division (−57 kg) for
East Germany 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 ...
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Biography
Fink took up boxing at the age of nine. He won the national title in 1977, 1979 and 1980, placing second in 1978. In 1980 he won the Olympic gold medal and was awarded the
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.
[''Neues Deutschland'', 22 August 1980, p. 3] After the
1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 2 to May 10, 1981. The 24th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. 171 fighters f ...
, he retired from boxing with a record of 155 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses. He then worked as a car mechanic, educator, and boxing coach, briefly heading the national boxing team in 1993. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked as an assistant to his former coach Manfred Wolke. Fink is married and has one child.
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1980 Olympic results
Below are the results of Rudi Fink, an East German featherweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:
* Round of 64: Defeated Hannu Kaislama
Hannu Juhani Olavi Kaislama (born August 13, 1956 in Suonenjoki) is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the first round of the men's feather ...
(Finland) on points, 5–0
* Round of 32: Defeated Esmail Mohammad (Afghanistan) KO 1
* Round of 16: Defeated Carlos Gonzalez (Mexico) KO 2
* Quarterfinal: Defeated Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points, 4–1
* Semifinal: Defeated Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points, 4–1
* Final: Defeated Adolfo Horta
Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's R ...
(Cuba) on points, 4–1 (won gold medal)
References
1958 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cottbus
People from Bezirk Cottbus
Olympic boxers of East Germany
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Featherweight boxers
German male boxers
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
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