Karl-Heinz Krüger

Karl -Heinz Krüger ( born December 25, 1953 in Templin ) is a retired German boxer. Medal winner at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

Career

Karl -Heinz Kruger began as a teenager with the boxes. Due to its good boxing skills perspectives he has been delegated and trained there by Manfred cloud on ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder). For the first time in appearance, he came in 1975 when he represented the GDR in an international match against Poland and welterweight came to a point victory over Zbigniew Kicka.

In 1976, he finished in the GDR Welterweight Championship 3rd place behind Jochen Bachfeld and Peter Spilski. The major international boxing tournament of the Cuban boxing association " Giraldo Cordova Cardin - " in Pinar del Rio / Cuba Karl -Heinz Kruger fought until in the final and was defeated in this challenge Emilio Correa on points. Given the tough competition from the Cuban boxer, an outstanding achievement. In 1977, he was then with a points victory in the final over Detlef Kästner first DDR - welterweight champion. In the same year he represented the GDR at the European Championships in Halle ( Saale). He won there over Boleslaw Nowik from Poland (5-0 ), Gianfranco Rosi from Italy (5-0 ) and Vasile Cicu, Romania (5-0 ) each clearly on points. However, in the final battle he lost by the same score against Soviet athlete Valery Limasow that finished 2nd place.

1978 trained Karl-Heinz Krüger of the better international prospects due from in the light welterweight. He lost in the GDR Cup 1978 in this weight class in the finals surprisingly against Olaf Schneider on points ( 2:3 ), but was still used at the World Championships in Belgrade. He won there over the US-Boy Lemuel Steeples (5-0 ) on points and Christos Kakouris from Greece by termination in the 2nd round. In the semifinals, he had a brief point defeat (2:3) to accept that threw him out of the race against the frenetic been fired by the Yugoslav audience locals Mehmet Bogujevci. He had by reaching the semi-finals but already won a world championship bronze medal.

1979 won Karl -Heinz Krüger his second East German champion. In the finals, the semi Weltergewichtes he defeated it by Uwe Friedrich abort in the 3rd round. At the European Championships this year in Cologne he defeated Ace Rusevski from Yugoslavia on points ( 4-1) and won against Werner Schäfer from the Federal Republic of Germany, because this had to be taken out of the fight due to an injury in the 3rd round. In the semifinals, but was defeated again a Soviet boxer, Serik Konakbajew, who defeated him in the 3rd round by demolition.

In the Olympic year 1980 Karl -Heinz Kruger won with a points victory over Ralf hunger again, the East German championship, but in the welterweight division. In this weight class he started at the Olympic Games in Moscow and won with point victories over Mohammad Ali Eldachan, Syria (5-0 ), Lucas Msomba, Tanzania (5-0 ) and Joey Frost, UK (5-0 ) a bronze medal. The handle on the gold medal was in the semifinals of Andres Aldama of Cuba, who beat him on points ( 0:5 ), denied.

1981 had Karl -Heinz Kruger in the German Democratic Republic Championship in the finals in the fight against Michael Timm accept a point of defeat. It became apparent already that young and hungry boxer would like to replace him in the GDR. But at the European Championships 1981 in Tampere he had again flashed his skills and came with victories over Victor Carvalho, Portugal, Michael Kopzog, FRG and Vesa Koskela, Sweden in the final. In this he was again defeated against Serik Konakbajew. With the European Championships silver medal he won his fifth medal but already in a row at an international championship.

He succeeded Karl -Heinz Kruger to keep even in 1982 his place in the GDR national team. He therefore launched at the World Championships this year in Munich, but was defeated there already in the round of " 32 " against Kornan Kanyoike from Kenya on points (1:4 ), and therefore ended up in 17th place.

Then he ended his international career boxers. He took a coaching job at his club, ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder). Even after the German reunification he remained coach in Frankfurt ( Oder), because there is a power base of DABV was built. He was also head coach of the sport at the promotional company of the Bundeswehr in Frankfurt ( Oder). He succeeded in doing to bring many boxers in the international top class. Names such as Falk huste, Kay huste, Dirk Eigenbrodt, Torsten May ( Olympic victory Barcelona 1992) and Sebastian Köber are just a few, which testify to the successful coaches work of Karl -Heinz Krüger.

International success

GDR Championships

Countries fighting

Swell

  • Site " amateur boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Journal box sports,
  • The large lexicon of GDR athletes, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin, 2000
  • GDR citizens
  • German
  • Boxers ( DDR)
  • Olympian (DDR )
  • Boxing coach
  • Born in 1953
  • Man
  • GDR Champion (boxes)
Manfred Wolke East Germany Pinar del Río BRD (Germany) 1977 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships Manfred Zielonka 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships SC Dynamo Berlin Bulgaria Schwerin Burlington Warsaw Kazimierz Szczerba Syracuse Atlantic City (New Jersey)
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