Gerhard Dieter

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Gerhard Dieter (* 1933 ; † September 9, 2013 ) was a German boxer and boxing trainer.

Life

As an amateur boxer, Dieter, who was discovered by Bruno Kurtzer and competed in the weight class up to 63.5 kilograms, fought 228 fights for the Spandau Box-Club in 1926 between 1951 and 1966. Between 1956 and 1963 he was eight times Berlin champion as well 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964 German champion, in 1961 he was German runner-up. At the European Championships in 1963 he reached the semi-finals and won bronze. In the pre-Olympic eliminations between boxers from the FRG and the GDR , Dieter dropped out in the semifinals in May 1964. In the course of his boxing career he defeated the Olympic champions Jerzy Kulej  and Richard McTaggart .

Dieter, nicknamed "Bubi" and known for his brisk sayings and a clove of garlic in his pocket, worked as a trainer alongside Kurtzer in SBC 26 before he worked for the Berlin Boxing Association. In 1973 Dieter went to the professional camp as a trainer and looked after Eckhard Dagge . Under his leadership, Dagge became European champion in 1975 and world champion in 1976. Dieter returned to his job as the national coach of the Berlin Boxing Association and remained in office until he retired in 1996. The best-known boxers Dieter looked after in the amateur field include Klaus Niketta , Peter Suckrow, Oktay Urkal , Sven Ottke , Adnan Özcoban, Ulrich Junger, Thomas Ulrich and Graciano Rocchigiani .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SBC boxing trainer died at the age of 80. In: berliner-woche.de. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard Dieter is dead | | Deutscher Boxsport-Verband eV Accessed October 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b FRG 1963. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ FRG1960. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ FRG1962. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  6. ^ FRG National Championships - Munich - April 13-18 1964. Accessed October 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 39th FRG National Championships - West Berlin - November 7-11 1961. Accessed October 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ European Championships 1963 . Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  9. ^ German Olympic Trials - Schwerin, GDR & West Berlin, FRG - May 28-31 1964. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Spandau boxing legend has passed away - Gerhard “Bubi” Dieter will be remembered. In: berlin.de. March 18, 2015, accessed October 25, 2019 .
  11. ↑ ANDREAS LORENZ: farewell to Gerhard "Bubi" Dieter: Now he trains on cloud 7. In: berliner-kurier.de. September 25, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Larynx cancer! Ex-world champion died in a Hamburg death hospice. In: bz-berlin.de. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ralf Grengel, Graciano Rocchigiani, René Hiepen: Rocky: Unbending until the last round. The extended autobiography . Riva, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7423-1030-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Dieter, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dieter, Bubi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer and boxing trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 1933
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 2013