Peter Hussing
Appearance
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Born | 15 May 1948 Brachbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 September 2012 (aged 64) Brachbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Hussing (15 May 1948 – 8 September 2012) was a West German heavyweight boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics and placed fifth in 1976 and 1984; he missed the 1980 Moscow Games due to their boycott by West Germany.[1]
Hussing won four medals at the European championships in 1969–1979, missing the 1977 tournament again due to a boycott. Domestically he won a record of 16 titles in 1969–83 and 1985. He held a degree in architecture from the University of Siegen, and in retirement worked as a construction manager in his hometown of Brachbach.[1]
1972 Olympic results
[edit]Below is the record of Peter Hussing, a West German heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:
- Round of 16: bye
- Quarterfinal: defeated Oscar Ludena (Peru) by a first-round knockout
- Semifinal: lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) by a second-round technical knockout
References
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- ^ a b Peter Hussing. Sports Reference
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Altenkirchen (district)
- Olympic boxers for West Germany
- Heavyweight boxers
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- German male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German boxing biography stubs
- German Olympic medalist stubs