Andreas Schnieders (22 December 1966 – 6 October 2022) was a German

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. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. After his career ended in 1994 he worked as a security guard at the

Emsland Nuclear Power Plant Emsland Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany just south of the Lingen Nuclear Power Plant. The plant’s single reactor had a nameplate capacity of 1,363 MW, and it was in operat ...

. Schnieders committed suicide on October 6, 2022. He was survived by his wife and two sons.

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* 1966 births 2022 deaths 2022 suicides Super-heavyweight boxers German male boxers Olympic boxers for West Germany Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Cloppenburg (district) Boxers from Lower Saxony Suicides in Germany 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub