René Weller (21 November 1953 – 22 August 2023) was a German
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. He competed for West Germany in the
men's featherweight event at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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, defeating
Serge Thomas
Serge Thomas (born 24 June 1951) is a French boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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of France before losing to
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of Romania.
He was also most likely to become a West German representative at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
, but the West German government participation in the
Olympics boycott caused Weller and the rest of the Olympic squad to miss the event. Weller died on 22 August 2023, at the age of 69 after suffering from dementia.
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1953 births
2023 deaths
Featherweight boxers
German male boxers
Olympic boxers for West Germany
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Pforzheim
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
20th-century German people
Deaths from dementia in Germany
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