Torsten Schmitz

Torsten Schmitz
	Torsten Schmitz (right) versus West German in Halle, 1989
Personal information
Full name	Torsten Schmitz
Nationality	East Germany
Born	August 26, 1964 (age 57); Crivitz, Bezirk Schwerin, East Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Middleweight
Club	Schweriner SC, Schwerin
show Medal record
Representing East Germany
World Amateur Championships
Friendship Games
Representing Germany
World Amateur Championships
European Amateur Championships

Torsten Schmitz (born August 26, 1964 in Crivitz, Bezirk Schwerin) is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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 (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 (Cuba) PTS (4-1)
1985 competed at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Welterweight
- Defeated (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 (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 (Turkey) PTS (13-9)
- Defeated (Hungary) PTS (18-9)
- Defeated (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 (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 (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 . Trained/Trains Regina Halmich, Bert Schenk, Armand Krajnc, Luan Krasniqi, , and Alesia Graf.

References[]

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