Detlef Kästner (born 20 March 1958) is a retired

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, who represented

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at the

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. There he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Aleksandr Koshkyn of the

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Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated

Adeoye Adetunji Adeoye Adetunji (born 28 November 1957) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an inte ...

(Nigeria) KO 3 *Defeated Leonidas Njunwa (Tanzania) 5–0 *Lost to Aleksandr Koshkin (Soviet Union) 0–5

References

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