Markus Bott

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMarkus•Bott
Used nameMarkus•Bott
Nick/petnamesCassius
Born13 January 1962 in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg (GER)
Measurements184 cm / 82 kg
AffiliationsKarlsruher SC, Karlsruhe (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

West German light-heavyweight boxer Markus “Cassius” Bott twice failed to reach an Olympic quarter-final. At the 1984 Los Angeles Games he lost on a 4-1 decision to the eventual champion Ante Josipović from Yugoslavia. At Seoul four years later, he lost to the eventual silver medalist Nurmagomed Shanavazov of the Soviet Union, by a 5-0 decision. In 1985, Bott won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.

He turned professional in 1989 and in 1993 beat Tyrone Booze of the USA to win the WBO cruiserweight world title. Bott later had several other jobs, was divorced, and lived off a disability annuity.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Boxing FRG Markus Bott
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) =9
1988 Summer Olympics Boxing FRG Markus Bott
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) =9

Special Notes