Fritz Sdunek (; 18 April 1947 – 22 December 2014) was a German

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trainer and previously an

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. Regarded as one of the most successful and famous boxing trainers, he trained, among others, such world champions as Wladimir and

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. He was born in Lüssow,

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Sport career

Fritz Sdunek's career started in amateur boxing. Its highlight was a victory at a ''Students Championship of

'' in 1968. He won 99 of his 129 amateur fights, then decided to become a trainer. In 1979 he graduated from the ''Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur'' (a university) with a diploma as a sport teacher. Since the 1960s Sdunek was a member of a sport club ''Traktor

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, who won a gold medal (lightweight) at

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. From 1994 until his death in 2014 Sdunek was active as a trainer for a famous

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boxing promotion organization '' Universum Box-Promotion''.

Private life

Fritz Sdunek was born in 1947 in post-

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Germany, on a territory which soon became

. His birthplace is the village of Lüssow near the

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, today part of

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. Sdunek was married and had two children - a son and a daughter. His daughter was married to Ahmet Öner, a German of Turkish descent, head of Hamburg professional promotional firm '' Arena Box-Promotion'' and ex-professional boxer.

Death

He died in a hospital in

on 22 December 2014, at the age of 67 following a heart attack he had suffered earlier on the island of

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Boxers trained by Fritz Sdunek

Fritz Sdunek trained many boxers, both professional and amateur. Previously trained: *

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* Ola Afolabi *

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* Juan Carlos Gómez * Artur Grigorian * Ralf Rocchigiani *

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* István Kovács * Mihai Leu * Károly Balzsay * Sebastian Zbik * Mario Veit *

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* Khoren Gevor *

Sinan Şamil Sam Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxing, professional boxer(Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the European Boxing Union, EBU,WBC international and WBC Med ...

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* Grigory Drozd * Aleksandr Alekseyev *

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References

Sources

Information about Fritz Sdunek
on the web site of '' Universum Box-Promotion'' — source for the most of the facts featured in this article {{DEFAULTSORT:Sdunek, Fritz 1947 births 2014 deaths People from Vorpommern-Greifswald German male boxers East German male boxers Boxing trainers Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Recipients of the Banner of Labor