Bernd Anders

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Bernd Anders
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Anders (left) in a match against Tadeusz Walasek in 1963
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1942-09-30) 30 September 1942 (age 82)
Berlin, Germany
Sport
Sport Boxing

Bernd Anders (born 30 September 1942) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]

Boxing career

At the 1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, he was eliminated in the middleweight (–75 kg) quarterfinals after losing to Emil Schulz of West Germany. [2] At the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division (–81 kg) after two victories, losing in the semifinals to Peter Gerber of West Germany. [3]

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he competed in the heavyweight category (+81 kg). He defeated Nancio Carrillo of Cuba in the opening bout, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jonas Čepulis of the Soviet Union, who went on to win the silver medal. [4]

In 1970, he won the heavyweight class at the Giraldo Córdoba Cardín Tournament in Havana, defeating Teófilo Stevenson in the final. [5]

He was East German national champion in the middleweight division in 1963 and 1964, and in the heavyweight division in 1967 and 1968. [6] He also won silver medals in the middleweight division in 1962 [7] and in the heavyweight division in 1969 [8] and 1970, [9] and a bronze medal in the heavyweight division in 1972. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernd Anders Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "15th European Championships - Moscow, Soviet Union - May 26 - June 2 1963". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "16th European Championships – Berlin, GDR – May 22–29, 1965". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Olympedia – Bernd Anders". olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "3rd Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament – Havana – October 1970". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "German (GDR) National Champions – 1949–1989". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "14th GDR National Championships – Leipzig (finals) – April 13–14, 1962". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "GDR National Championships – Halle – 1969". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "GDR National Championships – Henningsdorf – June 1970". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "24th GDR National Championships – Schwerin – March 13–17, 1972". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 28 August 2025.


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