Torsten Schmitz (born 26 August 1964 in
Crivitz) is a retired German boxer in the
Light Middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA ...
class. He represented East Germany at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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.
Amateur career
Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notable European tournaments, compiling a record of 215–35.
Amateur highlights
*1982 Junior European Champion at Welterweight in Schwerin, Germany
**Defeated
Luciano Bruno
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Amateur career Olympic results
*1/16: 1st round bye
*1/8: Defeated Georges Bosco (Benin) 5–0
* ...
(Italy) in the final.
*1984 1st place at the Friendship Games in Havana, Cuba as a Welterweight
**Defeated
Khaidavyn Gantulga (Mongolia) RSCI 3
**Defeated Luis Garcia (Venezuela) PTS (5-0)
**Defeated
Jose Luis Hernandez (Cuba) PTS (4-1)
*1985 competed at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Welterweight
**Defeated
Jacek Olejniczak
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(Poland) PTS (4-1)
**Lost to
Borislav Abadzhiev (Bulgaria) PTS (2-3)
*1986 3rd place at World Championships in Reno, United States as a Welterweight
**Defeated
Stefan Driscu (Romania) PTS (4-1)
**Defeated
Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) PTS (5-0)
**Defeated
Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (3-2)
**Lost to
Candelario Duvergel (Cuba) PTS (2-3)
*1988 competed at the Seoul Olympics as a Light Middleweight
**Defeated
Angel Stoyanov (Bulgaria) PTS (3-2)
**Lost to
Park Si-hun (South Korea) PTS (0-5)
*1989 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the World Championships in Moscow, USSR
**Defeated
Fikret Kaman (Turkey) PTS (13-9)
**Defeated
Laszlo Gal (Hungary) PTS (18-9)
**Defeated
Erik Bredler (Sweden) PTS (14-6)
**Defeated
Kabary Salem (Egypt) PTS (15-2)
**Lost to
Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (8-19)
*1990 2nd place at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, USA
**Defeated
Chris Byrd
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(USA) PTS (3-2)
**Defeated
Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) PTS (4-1)
**Lost to
Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) PTS (2-3)
*1991 3rd place as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia
**Defeated
Orhan Delibaş (Netherlands) PTS (18-14)
**Defeated
Jan Dydak (Poland) PTS (20-12)
**Defeated
Stefan Driscu (Romania) PTS (17-7)
**Lost to
Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) RSC-2
*1991 2nd place at European Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden
**Lost the final to
Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union)
Trainer
Since 1996 Schmitz is working as coach for
Universum Box-Promotion. Trained/Trains
Regina Halmich,
Bert Schenk,
Armand Krajnc,
Luan Krasniqi,
Michael Trabant
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, and
Alesia Graf.
References
profil on Boxing.de
1964 births
Living people
People from Crivitz
People from Bezirk Schwerin
German male boxers
Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Light-middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers of East Germany
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
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