Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | René•Breitbarth |
Used name | René•Breitbarth |
Born | 24 March 1966 in Mühlhausen, Thüringen (GER) |
Measurements | 163 cm / 55 kg |
Affiliations | Schweriner SC, Schwerin (GER) |
NOC | East Germany |
René Breitbarth was an East German bantamweight boxer who finished ninth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He won three medals at international competitions, winning the light-flyweight gold at the 1985 European Championships and bantamweight bronze in 1987. He also won a bantamweight silver medal at the 1986 Worlds. Breitbarth won national titles in 1986 and 1987.
After German re-unification Breitbarth moved to Leverkusen with famous coach Fritz Sdunek. In 1990, he was the national champion runner-up, but retired after that season. He then worked as the Bundesliga coach of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and they won the national team title in 2001.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1988 Summer Olympics | Boxing | GDR | René Breitbarth | |||
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | =9 |