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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. 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

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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 {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub