Jürgen Fanghänel

East German boxer

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Jürgen Fanghänel

Fanghänel fighting at the 1980 Olympic Eliminator

Personal information

Full name

Jürgen Fanghänel

Nationality

East Germany

Born

(1951-08-01) 1 August 1951 (age 72)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

90 kg (198 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Weight class

Heavyweight

Club

Sportclub Karl-Marx-Stadt
Sport Gemeinschaft Wismut Gera

Medal record

Olympic Games

	1980 Moscow	Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
	1982 Munich	Heavyweight
	1978 Belgrade	Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
	1977 Halle	Heavyweight
	1979 Cologne	Super Heavyweight
	1981 Tampere	Heavyweight

Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s.

Career

Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by Pyotr Zayev of the Soviet Union. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze medal, at the second World Championships in Belgrade. In 1982 he ended up second at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.

Olympic results

1972 – Munich

Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (Bulgaria) first-round knockout
Lost to Ion Alexe (Romania) by decision, 0–5

1976 – Montreal

Round of 32: Lost to Viktor Ivanov (Soviet Union) by decision, 2–3

1980 – Moscow

Round of 16: Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) by decision, 4–1
Quarterfinal: Defeated Petar Stoimenov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest in second round
Semifinal: Lost to Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) by decision, 0–5 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jürgen Fanghänel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.