Jürgen Fanghänel is a retired male boxer

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...

, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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. There he was defeated in the semi finals by Piotr Zaev

Piotr Zaev

Pyotr Ivanovich Zayev is a former boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was defeated by titleholder Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba...

 of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze medal, at the second World Championships

1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from May 6 to 20. The second edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners...

 in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. In 1982 he ended up second at the World Championships

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners...

 in Munich

Munich

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, West Germany

West Germany

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Olympic results

1972

• Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (Bulgaria) KO 1
• Lost to Ion Alexe
  Ion Alexe
  Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...
  
   (Romania) 0-5

1976

• Lost to Viktor Ivanov (Soviet Union) 2-3

1980

• Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) 4-1
• Defeated Petar Stoimenov (Bulgaria) RSC 2
• Lost to Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) 0-5