Torsten Schmitz (born 26 August 1964 in Crivitz) is a retired German boxer in the

Light Middleweight Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA a ...

class. He represented East Germany at the

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Amateur career

Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notable European tournaments, compiling a record of 215–35.

Amateur highlights

*1982 Junior European Champion at Welterweight in Schwerin, Germany **Defeated

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(Italy) in the final. *1984 1st place at the Friendship Games in Havana, Cuba as a Welterweight **Defeated Khaidavyn Gantulga (Mongolia) RSCI 3 **Defeated Luis Garcia (Venezuela) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Jose Luis Hernandez (Cuba) PTS (4-1) *1985 competed at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Welterweight **Defeated Jacek Olejniczak (Poland) PTS (4-1) **Lost to

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(Bulgaria) PTS (2-3) *1986 3rd place at World Championships in Reno, United States as a Welterweight **Defeated Stefan Driscu (Romania) PTS (4-1) **Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (3-2) **Lost to

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(Cuba) PTS (2-3) *1988 competed at the Seoul Olympics as a Light Middleweight **Defeated Angel Stoyanov (Bulgaria) PTS (3-2) **Lost to Park Si-hun (South Korea) PTS (0-5) *1989 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the World Championships in Moscow, USSR **Defeated Fikret Kaman (Turkey) PTS (13-9) **Defeated Laszlo Gal (Hungary) PTS (18-9) **Defeated Erik Bredler (Sweden) PTS (14-6) **Defeated

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(Egypt) PTS (15-2) **Lost to Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (8-19) *1990 2nd place at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, USA **Defeated

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(USA) PTS (3-2) **Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) PTS (4-1) **Lost to Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (2-3) *1991 3rd place as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia **Defeated

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(Netherlands) PTS (18-14) **Defeated Jan Dydak (Poland) PTS (20-12) **Defeated Stefan Driscu (Romania) PTS (17-7) **Lost to

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(Cuba) RSC-2 *1991 2nd place at European Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden **Lost the final to Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union)

Trainer

Since 1996 Schmitz is working as coach for Universum Box-Promotion. Trained/Trains

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, Bert Schenk,

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, Michael Trabant, and Alesia Graf.

References

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1964 births Living people People from Crivitz People from Bezirk Schwerin German male boxers Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Light-middleweight boxers Olympic boxers of East Germany Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{germany-boxing-bio-stub