Jochen Bachfeld (born December 17, 1952) is a retired

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

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, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the

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division (– 67 kg) after defeating

Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...

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in the final.

1976 Olympic results

Below is the record of Jochen Bachfeld, an East German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: *Round of 64: Defeated Ali Bahri Khomani (Iran) referee stopped contest in first round *Round of 32: Defeated

Athanasios Iliadis Athanasios Iliadis (born 23 August 1952) is a Greek boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights en ...

(Greece) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16: Defeated Valeri Rachkov (Soviet Union) by decision, 4-1 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Carmen Rinke (Canada) by decision, 5-0 *Semifinal: Defeated Victor Zilberman (Romania) by decision, 3-2 *Final: Defeated

(Venezuela) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

References

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