Günther Meier
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| Representing File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1968 Mexico City | Light Middleweight |
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Günther Meier (Nuremberg, July 26, 1941-Nuremberg, November 23, 2020) was a German amateur boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968. Meier also competed as a welterweight at the 1972 Munich Olympics where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He was born in Nuremberg.
1972 Olympic results
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated Jeff Rackley (New Zealand) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Sangnual Rabieb (Thailand) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) by decision 2-3
References
- Günther Meier at databaseOlympics.com[permanent dead link]
- Günther Meier at Sports-Reference.com
- Günther Meier's obituary at the Wayback Machine (archived 2021-01-15) (in German)
External links
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- {{Olympics.com profile}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2020 deaths
- Sportspeople from Nuremberg
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic boxers for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- German male boxers
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Light-middleweight boxers
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century German people
- German skydivers