Rene Breitbarth (born 24 April 1966 in

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) is a former

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from

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who won a Light Flyweight gold medal at the 1985 European Amateur Championships. In 1986, he won the bantamweight silver medal at the

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. At the

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, he was defeated by

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in the round of 16 of the bantamweight category.

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1966 births Living people People from Mühlhausen Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for East Germany East German male boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Martial artists from Thuringia {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub