Heinz Kohlhaas
Heinz Kohlhaas | |
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Birth Name | Heinrich Kohlhaas |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality | German Empire |
birthday | July 20, 1912 |
place of birth | Hamm , German Empire |
Date of death | 2nd January 1993 |
Place of death | Walpole , United States |
size | 1.96 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 13 |
Victories | 3 |
Defeats | 10 |
draw | 0 |
Heinrich "Heinz" Kohlhaas (born July 20, 1912 in Hamm , † January 2, 1993 in Walpole , New Hampshire ) was a German boxer .
biography
Heinz Kohlhaas, joined the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the heavyweight division at. In the first round he was defeated by the Canadian George Maughan . After his return he won several small tournaments for the German Reich, was a physical education teacher in the Reichswehr and sparring partner of Max Schmeling . In 1935 Kohlhaas emigrated to the United States and began a professional boxing career there with very little success.
Kohlhaas worked as a dock worker in Jersey City and Hoboken . In March 1942 Kohlhaas was questioned by the FBI in his home town of Newark because of a possible Nazi background. Nothing is known about the result of the interrogation. Kohlhaas stayed in the United States and eventually settled in New Hampshire .
Web links
- Heinz Kohlhaas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kohlhaas, Heinz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kohlhaas, Heinrich (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamm |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1993 |
Place of death | Walpole, New Hampshire , United States |