Dieter Kottysch
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Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer
and Olympic gold medalist.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and Olympic gold medalist.
Amateur career
Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Bonifacio AvilaBonifacio ÁvilaBonifacio Ávila is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's light middleweight division by eventual gold medalist Dieter Kottysch from West Germany...
(Colombia) TKO 2 - Defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (Greece) 5-0
- Defeated Mohamed Majeri (Tunisia) 5-0
- Defeated Alan MinterAlan MinterAlan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...
(Great Britain) 3-2 - Defeated Wiesław Rudkowski (Poland) 3-2