Jürgen Fanghänel

Jürgen Fanghänel

Jürgen Fanghänel (right) and Werner Rohnert in 1980
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Fanghänel
Nationality  East Germany
Born (1951-08-01) August 1, 1951
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Heavyweight
Club Sportclub Karl-Marx-Stadt
Sport Gemeinschaft Wismut Gera

Jürgen Fanghänel (born August 1, 1951 in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony) is a retired male boxer, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semi finals by Piotr Zaev 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

1976

1980

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