Jochen Bachfeld

Jochen Bachfeld

Personal information
Full name	Jochen Bachfeld
Nationality	East Germany
Born	(1952-12-17) December 17, 1952 Sülte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Welterweight
Club	Sportclub Traktor Schwerin
Medal record Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Welterweight

Jochen Bachfeld (born December 17, 1952) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after defeating Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela in the final.

1976 Olympic results

Below is the record of Jochen Bachfeld, an East German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

• Round of 64: Defeated Ali Bahri Khomani (Iran) referee stopped contest in first round
• Round of 32: Defeated Athanasios Iliadis (Greece) by decision, 5-0
• Round of 16: Defeated Valeri Rachkov (Soviet Union) by decision, 4-1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Carmen Rinke (Canada) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Victor Zilberman (Romania) by decision, 3-2
• Final: Defeated Pedro Gamarro (Venezuela) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

References

• Jochen Bachfeld at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2007)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jochen Bachfeld". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.