Dieter Kottysch
{{Short description|German boxer (1943–2017)}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
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| image = Dieter Kottysch (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kottysch in an Olympic qualification boxing match in 1964
| birth_date = {{birth date text|30 June 1943}}
| birth_place = Gleiwitz, Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|9|1943|6|30|df=yes}}[http://www.focus.de/regional/hamburg/boxen-box-olympiasieger-dieter-kottysch-gestorben_id_6927089.html Dieter Kottysch's obituary] {{in lang|de}}
| death_place = Hamburg, Germany
| height = 176 cm
| weight = 70 kg
| sport = Boxing
| club = BC Sportmann, Hamburg
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| retired =
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{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|-71 kg}}
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Dieter Kottysch (30 June 1943 – 9 April 2017) was a German amateur middleweight boxer; he competed for West Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972.
1968 Olympic results
Below are the results of Dieter Kottysch, a West German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic tournament:
- Round of 64: defeated Mauri Saarivainio (Finland) referee stopped contest
- Round of 32: lost to Vladimir Musalimov (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5
1972 Olympic results
Below are the results of Dieter Kottysch who competed as a light middleweight boxer for West Germany at the 1972 Olympic tournament in Munich:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated Bonifaciio Avila (Colombia) with a second-round technical knockout
- Round of 16: defeated Evengelos Oikonomakos (Greece) on points, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: defeated Mohamed Majeri (Tunisia) on points, 5-0
- Semifinal: defeated Alan Minter (Great Britain) on points, 3-2
- Final: defeated Wieslaw Rudkowski (Poland) on points, 3-2 (won gold medal)
References
External links
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- {{Olympedia|3620}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|dieter-kottysch}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Light Middleweight}}
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Category:Olympic boxers for West Germany
Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
Category:World boxing champions
Category:Sportspeople from Gliwice
Category:Martial artists from Silesian Voivodeship
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Silesia
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Light-middleweight boxers
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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