Harald Klehn

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Harald Klehn boxer
Harald Klehn
Data
Birth Name
Weight class Heavyweight
super heavyweight
nationality German
birthday March 18, 1949
Date of death May 30, 2011
Combat Statistics
Struggles 96
Victories 70

Harald Klehn (called: "The Plumber") (born March 18, 1949 - May 30, 2011 ) was a German boxer (heavy and super heavyweight) and boxed in the 1st Bundesliga.

Klehn was multiple German amateur boxing champion, North German and Hamburg champion (1974-1976) and boxed among other things for TSV Uetersen against soldiers of the US Rhine Army and defeated the then reigning American military vice world champion. Other outstanding fights in other European countries were for Klehn against the Gdańsk, Spfr. From Poland and against a selection of the USSR (1977). During this time he belonged to the HABV (Hamburg Amateur Boxing Association) and won the Jessen Cup three times in a row with TSV Uetersen. From 1978 boxing division of the TSV with Harald Klehn was one of the most successful squadrons in boxing at national level. Harald Klehn died after a short, serious illness.

Literature and Sources

  • Ernst Brütt, Gehard Scharfenstein: Sport in Uetersen. Publisher CDC Heydorn, Uetersen 1997.
  • TSV Uetersen: 100 years of TSV Uetersen, 1998–1998 (sport creates friendships). 1998
  • Hamburger Abendblatt of April 23, 1975: A heavy chunk for the plumber Klehn
  • Hamburger Abendblatt from March 11, 1976: Focus on heavyweight
  • Hamburger Abendblatt of February 9, 2000: A touch of the aura of Klitschko and Co.
  • Uetersener Nachrichten of June 8, 2010: One of the greatest boxers in the TSV (obituary)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt from September 19, 1980: Klehn boxes for Hamburg in the 1st Bundesliga
  2. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt from November 1979: Ibrahin "Lomomba" Arwad, Siggi Karschau and Harald Klehn become German amateur boxing champions
  3. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of October 17, 1977: Klehn was North Champion
  4. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt dated December 29, 1977: The TSV Uetersen boxing relay fights against a selection from the USSR
personal data
SURNAME Klehn, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The plumber
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer (heavy and super heavyweight)
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1949
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2011
Place of death uncertain: Heidgraben