Dietmar Geilich

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Dietmar Geilich
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Dietmar Geilich in 1983
Personal information
NationalityEast German
Born (1954-06-16) 16 June 1954 (age 70)
Görlitz, Saxony, East Germany
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of East Germany.svg  GDR
Sport Boxing
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Friendship Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Havana Light Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Munich Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 Cologne Light Flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Tampere Light Flyweight

Dietmar Geilich is an East German Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the light-flyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1980 Summer Olympics. He lost his first match against Armando Guevara in 1976. In 1980, he defeated Birender Singh Thapa in his first match, defeated Pedro Manuel Nieves in his second, and then lost to Shamil Sabirov, the eventual gold medalist, in his third bout. [1]

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