Siegfried Mehnert (born 3 March 1963 in Schenkenberg,
Delitzsch
Delitzsch (; Slavic: ''delč'' or ''delcz'' for hill) is a town in Saxony in Germany, 20 km north of Leipzig and 30 km east of Halle (Saale). With 24,850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsach ...
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Bezirk Leipzig
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.
History
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1 ...
) is a former
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from
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
. He is best known for twice winning the European title (1985 and 1989) in the men's welterweight (– 67 kg) division. He also competed at the
1988 Seoul Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
.
1988 Olympic results
Below is the Olympic record of Siegfried Mehnert, an East German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
* Round of 64: defeated Jose Ortiz (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0
* Round of 32: defeated Abdellas Taouane (Morocco) by decision, 5–0
* Round of 16: lost to Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) by decision, 2–3
References
sports-reference
1963 births
Living people
People from Delitzsch
People from Bezirk Leipzig
German male boxers
Welterweight boxers
Sportspeople from Saxony
Olympic boxers of East Germany
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
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