Günther Meier
{{Short description|German boxer (1941–2020)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 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
- [http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MEIERGUN01 Günther Meier at databaseOlympics.com]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gunther-meier-1.html Günther Meier at Sports-Reference.com]
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115095433/https://www.boxverbandbw.de/index.php?id=29&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=713&cHash=5c3c6d39a05b842aa6541203f3378cf2 |title=Günther Meier's obituary |date=2021-01-15}} {{in lang|de}}
External links
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Nuremberg
Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Category:Olympic boxers for West Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Light-middleweight boxers
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
Category:21st-century German people
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