Hans Schönrath
{{Short description|German boxer}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1927 Berlin | Heavyweight}}
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Hans Schönrath (8 November 1902 – 10 February 1945) was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Gronau and died near Pillau. He was drowned when the hospital ship SS General von Steuben sunk during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}
In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Nils Ramm.
He appeared in the 1935 boxing film Knockout playing the role of the British champion.
1928 Olympic results
Below if the record of Hans Schönrath, a German heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics:
- Round of 16: bye:
- Quarterfinal: lost to Nils Ramm (Sweden) by decision
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/hans-schonrath-1.html profile]
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Category:People from Borken (district)
Category:Sportspeople from Münster (region)
Category:Olympic boxers for Germany
Category:Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:German civilians killed in World War II
Category:Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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