Karl-Heinz Krüger

Karl-Heinz Krüger
	Karl-Heinz Krüger (right) versus Kazimierz Szczerba of Poland, Warsaw, 1981
Personal information
Full name	Karl-Heinz Krüger
Nationality	East Germany
Born	25 December 1953 (age 70); Templin, Brandenburg
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Welterweight
Club	ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
World Amateur Championships

Karl-Heinz Krüger (born 25 December 1953) is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Andrés Aldama of Cuba.^[1] Two years earlier he also captured the bronze, at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

Olympic results

Defeated Mohamed Ali El-Dahan (Syria) 5–0
Defeated Lucas Msomba (Tanzania) 5–0
Defeated Joseph Frost (Great Britain) 5–0
Lost to Andrés Aldama (Cuba) 0–5

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl-Heinz Krüger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

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[SR_profile-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl-Heinz Krüger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

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