Reiner Gies
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| Born | March 12, 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Height | 5' 11" | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reiner Gies (born March 12, 1963, in Kaiserslautern, West Germany)[1] is a former German boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for West Germany. Four years earlier, when Los Angeles, California hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Olympic results[]
Represented West Germany as a lightweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq) 4-1
- Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada) 5-0
- Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States) 0-5
Represented West Germany as a Light Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, capturing a bronze medal.
- Defeated (Solomon Islands) walkover
- Defeated Lórant Szabó (Hungary) 5-0
- Defeated Adrian Carew (Guyana) 3-2
- Defeated Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansükh (Mongolia) 4-1
- Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (Soviet Union) KO 1
Pro career[]
Gies turned pro in 1991 and had limited success, losing two fights to journeymen and retiring with a record of 13-2-0.
References[]
- ^ "Reiner Gies Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Kaiserslautern
- Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- German male boxers
- Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
- Light-welterweight boxers
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