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Name
  
Reiner Gies

Role
  
Boxer


Martial art
  
Boxing

Division
  
Light welterweight

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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Light Welterweight

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Reiner Gies (born March 12, 1963 in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate) was a German boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for West Germany. Four years earlier, when Los Angeles, California hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

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Olympic results

Represented West Germany as a lightweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq) 4-1
  • Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada) 5-0
  • Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States) 0-5

    • Represented West Germany as a Light Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, capturing a bronze medal.

  • Defeated Basil Maelagi (Solomon Islands) walkover
  • Defeated Lórant Szabó (Hungary) 5-0
  • Defeated Adrian Carew (Guyana) 3-2
  • Defeated Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansükh (Mongolia) 4-1
  • Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (Soviet Union) KO 1

    • Pro career

    Gies turned pro in 1991 and had limited success, losing two fights to journeymen and retiring with a record of 13-2-0.

    References

    Reiner Gies Wikipedia
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