Jan Quast (boxer)

Jan Quast (born January 9, 1970 in Rostock ) is a former German boxer and winner of a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in the paper weight category.

Life

Jan Quast started boxing as a teenager in Rostock . After he had already proven his great talent in the juniors, he was delegated to the Army Sports Club (ASK) Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) . The southpaw, who fought in the two lightest weight classes of paper and flyweight throughout his career, had a number of excellent coaches during his long career, from Günter Debert to Fritz Sdunek , Manfred Wolke , Günther Radowski, Andreas Otto , Hartmut Heye up to Karl-Heinz Krüger .

Jan Quast's great sporting success began in 1987 when he took 3rd place in the paperweight division of the Junior World Championship in Havana . In the semifinals he had to admit defeat to the Soviet athlete Talgay Tusupow controversially with 2: 3 judges votes. In the same year he took 3rd place behind Mario Loch u at the GDR paperweight championship for seniors . Jochen Födisch. He also took this place at the GDR championship in 1988, but behind Rico Kubat and Mario Loch.

In 1989 he was the first GDR paperweight champion with a points win in the final over Jens Meukow (23:12). At the European Championships this year in Athens , a point win over Erol Akcan from Turkey in the paper weight category was enough for him to win the bronze medal. In the semifinals he lost to Ivailo Marinow from Bulgaria with 1: 4 judges votes. At the 1989 World Cup in Moscow , he lost after winning points over Leopoldo Serantes , Philippines (33:16) in the quarter-finals against Kim Dok Nom from North Korea (18:25), placing him in 5th place.

When German reunification became apparent around the turn of the year 1989/1990, Jan Quast was one of the first top boxers in the GDR to switch to a German boxing club. He started in 1990 first for BSK 27 Ahlen and a little later for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen . This enabled him to start at the German championship as early as 1990, where he immediately secured the title in paper weight with a demolition win in the first round over Harald Joos. He then started at the World Cup in Bombay for the Federal Republic of Germany and reached there in paper weight with a point victory over Dpomenic Figlionenei from Canada a . a point defeat against Dhamendar Yadav from India took 5th place.

On December 7, 1990, Jan Quast fought in Bochum in the so-called international union fight against the GDR for the DABV. He defeated the representative of the DBV Jens Meukow from Schwerin in the paper weight on points. After this country comparison, both boxing associations were merged.

In 1991 Jan Quast won the German flyweight championship with a point victory over Mario Loch from Gera . At the European Championships in 1991 in Gothenburg and the World Championships in 1991 in Sydney , however, he was eliminated in the paper and flyweight categories with defeats in the round of 16 and ended up in 9th place both times.

In 1992 Jan Quast qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona by winning the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) . In the final battle of this tournament he defeated Pal Lakatos from Hungary on points (14: 3). In Barcelona he then presented himself in excellent shape. There he defeated Mohamed Zbir from Morocco (6: 0), Pramuansak Phosuwan from Thailand (11: 2) and Valentin Barbu from Romania (15: 7) on points, before he lost on points in the semifinals against Daniel Petrow from Bulgaria (9:15). But winning the Olympic bronze medal was a great success for him.

For this he received the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993.

In 1993 Jan Quast started at the European Championship in Bursa in paper weight. He lost it in the quarterfinals against Eduard Gaifulin from Russia just on points (4: 5) and reached the 5th place. He did not fare so well at the 1993 World Cup in Tampere , because he met his feared opponent Daniel Petrow in the round of 16, against whom he again lost on points (9:12) and ended up in 9th place.

In 1994 he was again German paper weight champion. In 1995 he then won the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) in the final over Daniel Petrow on points (9: 5) and thus secured the tournament victory. He had bad luck at the 1995 World Cup in Berlin, because he had a very difficult draw there. After a point victory over the Russian champion Ramil Chusnudtinow (11: 6), he met Cuban Juan Ramirez in the round of 16 , whom he fought a great fight and with a tie of 9: 9 only lost through the auxiliary points that spoke in favor of Ramirez. He came in 9th place.

In 1995 he won a medal at an international championship. After he had meanwhile become a member of the German Armed Forces, he started at the CISM military world championship in Rome in the flyweight division, where he reached the semifinals with victories over Francesco D'Arcangelo from Italy (9: 2) and Ahmed al-Falaah from Syria , in which he lost on points against Vladimir Sidorenko from Ukraine and thus took 3rd place.

Jan Quast's international career did not end there. He started at the European Championships in 1996 in Veilje / Denmark and at the World Championships in Budapest in 1997 , but could no longer place himself in the front of the field at either event. In Veilje he finished 9th and in Budapest 17th place. For the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he could no longer qualify.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1987	3.	Junior World Championships in Havana	paper	with demolition victory in the 2nd round over L. Kass, Hungary , point win over Alexander Dinew, Bulgaria (4: 1) and. Point defeat against Talgay Tusupow, USSR (2: 3)
1989	1.	TSC tournament in Berlin	paper	after winning points in the final over Orlando Asencio, Cuba
1989	2.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	paper	after losing points in the final against Emilio Paisan , Cuba
1989	3.	EM in Athens	paper	with points victory over Erol Akcan, Turkey (4: 1) u. Point defeat against Iwailo Marinow , Bulgaria (1: 4)
1989	5.	World Cup in Moscow	paper	with points victory over Leopoldo Serrantes, Philippines (33:16) and Point loss to Kim Dok Nom , North Korea (18:25)
1990	5.	World Cup in Bombay	paper	with points victory over Dpomenic Figlioneni, Canada (27:12) and Point loss to Dharmendar Yadav, India (7:11)
1991	3.	TSC tournament in Berlin	To fly	with points victory over Jaroslaw Piasecki, Poland (39:15) and Point defeat against István Kovács , Hungary (20:23)
1991	9.	EM in Gothenburg	paper	after a point defeat against Nschan Munschjan, USSR (20:25)
1991	9.	World Cup in Sydney	To fly	with a point win over Yacine Chikh, Algeria (15:10) u. a point defeat against Julian Strogow, Bulgaria (24:29)
1992	1.	Chemistry Cup (e.g. Olympic qualification) in Halle (Saale)	paper	with points wins over Panagiotis Tsamis, Greece (7: 3), Yehuda Ben Haim, Israel (14:13) u. Pal Lakatos, Hungary (14: 3)
1992	bronze	OS in Barcelona	paper	with points wins over Mohamed Zbir, Morocco (6: 0), Pramasuansak Phosuwan, Thailand (11: 2) u. Valentin Barbu, Romania (15.7) a. a point defeat against Daniel Petrow , Bulgaria (9:15)
1993	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	paper	with points wins over Andrzej Rzany, Poland (16: 6) and Roel Velasco, Philippines (15: 7)
1993	5.	EM in Bursa	paper	with points victory over Rafael Lorenzo, Spain (7: 2) and Point defeat against Eduard Gaifulin , Russia (4-5)
1993	9.	World Cup in Tampere	paper	after losing points to Daniel Petrow (9:12)
1995	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	paper	with points victory in the final over Daniel Petrow (9: 5)
1995	9.	World Cup in Berlin	paper	with points victory over Ramil Chusnudtinow, Russia (11: 6) u. Point defeat to Juan Ramirez , Cuba (9: 9+)
1995	3.	CISM Military World Cup in Rome	To fly	with points wins over Francesco D'Arcangelo, Italy (9: 2) u. Ahmed al-Falaah, Syria (6: 4) and Losing points to Vladimir Sidorenko, Ukraine
1996	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	paper	with points wins over Daniel Zajaczkowski, Poland (7: 1) and Masibulete Makepula, South Africa (10: 3)
1996	9.	EM in Veilje / Denmark	paper	after losing points in the round of 16 against Oleg Kirjukin, Ukraine) 0: 6)
1997	17th	World Cup in Budapest	To fly	after losing points geen Peter Balaz, Slovakia (9:10)

GDR championships

year	space	Weight class
1987	3.	paper	behind Mario Loch u. Jochen Födisch
1988	3.	paper	behind Rico Kubat u. Mario hole
1989	1.	paper	with points victory in the final over Jens Meukow (23:12)

German championships

year	space	Weight class
1990	1.	paper	with demolition victory in the final in the 1st round over Harald Joos
1991	1.	To fly	with points victory in the final over Mario Loch
1992	2.	paper	after losing points in the final against Rene Schultz
1994	1.	paper
1997	3.	To fly	after losing points in the semifinals against Werner Wude

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1987	Rostock	GDR against FRG	paper	Demolition victory in the 1st lap over Uwe Krane
1989	Dundee	Scotland versus GDR	paper	Points victory over P. Weir
1990	Bochum	DABV versus DBV	paper	Points victory over Jens Meukow (Schwerin)
1991	Karlsruhe	Germany versus USA	paper	Points victory over Albert Guardado
1991	Schwerin	Germany versus USA	paper	Points victory over Albert Guardado
1992	West Palm Beach	USA versus Germany	paper	Point loss to Eric Griffin (boxer)
1992	Fort Myers / Florida	USA versus Germany	paper	Points winner over Bradley Martinez
1994	Bayreuth	Germany versus USA	paper	Aborted loss in the 3rd round against Eric Morel
1996	New Orleans	USA versus Germany	paper	Point defeat against Gerald Tucker (7:18)
1997	São Paulo	Brazil versus Germany	To fly	Points winner over Antonio Cruz de Jesus (12:11)

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, paper weight, up to 48 kg, flyweight, up to 51 kg body weight, DABV = German Amateur Boxing Association (Federal Republic of Germany), DBV = German Boxing Association (GDR)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: "... on June 23, 1993 Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ... "