Jürgen König

Jürgen König (born June 20, 1966 ) is an Austrian boxing trainer and former boxer.

Boxing career

Jürgen König has been a member of the Dornbirn Boxing Club in Vorarlberg since 1981 and has been three times Austrian Junior Champion. In 1987 he was the first Austrian welterweight champion in the general class (adults; today: elite class). Together with his brother Bernhard, who won the Austrian light welterweight title, they became the first national champion of the Dornbirn boxing club since it was founded in 1938. Jürgen König was able to win the welterweight title ten times up to 1998 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998) and is one of the most successful national boxers in Austria.

Due to his success, he fought with the boxing club Wangen in the German Bundesliga and won four international tournaments. His first international appearance was his participation in the Military World Championships of 1987 in North Carolina , where he was eliminated before reaching the medal ranks against the starter from Egypt. At the European Championships in Athens in 1989 , he barely missed a medal placement when he was only defeated in the fight for a place in the semi-finals against three-time European champion Siegfried Mehnert from the GDR. In September of the same year he started at the World Championships in Moscow , but lost in the round of 16 against Min Nam-hyon from North Korea.

At the World Cup in Dublin in 1990 he was eliminated against Michael Löwe from Germany, at the European Championships in 1991 in Gothenburg against Kai Kauramæki from Finland. In March 1992 he took part in the European Olympic qualification in San Pellegrino Terme, Italy, where he was defeated 4: 7 just before reaching an Olympic starting place against the later Olympic champion Michael Carruth from Ireland.

In 1993 he again took part in the European Championships in Bursa and the World Championships in Tampere , but retired before reaching a medal against Sergei Gorodnischew from Ukraine and Welichan Gereitschanow from the Czech Republic. In 1994 he reached a tie against the Olympic champion Andreas Zülow in the international match against Germany and tried again at the European Championships in Vejle in 1996 , where he was defeated in the preliminary round against the French Olympic starter Hussein Bayram .

After his competitive career, he became a state-certified boxing trainer and deputy chairman of the Dornbirn boxing club.

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SURNAME	King, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1966