Reinhard Skricek

Reinhard Skricek (born January 4, 1948 in Scholven ) is a former German boxer . Skricek was a bronze medalist at the 1976 Olympic Games .

Career

Skricek was German runner-up in welterweight (-67 kg) in 1968, 1973 and 1976 . In 1970, 1973 and 1976 he won the World Military Championships. He started boxing at BC Erle , but later started for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen boxing relay .

In 1976 he was nominated for the Olympic Games in Montreal , although he had lost to Harald Wolfgang Sixt in the final of the German Championships . In the same year, however, he also reached the semifinals of international tournaments in Budapest and Ostrava . In the games he won after victories over Jose Vallejo, Dominican Republic (5: 0), Luigi Minchillo, Italy (5: 0), and Mike McCallum , Jamaica (3: 2), and a semi-final defeat against the eventual silver medalist Pedro Gamarro , Venezuela (RSC 3rd), surprisingly the bronze medal. For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf.

After this success, Skricek ended his career. He became a coach and trained a. a. the Bundesliga relay of the BSK 27 Ahlen . He also remained loyal to the Bundeswehr and served as a sergeant major in the sports company in Warendorf. Skricek has lived in Sassenberg in the Münsterland for years .

During his time at BSK 27 Ahlen, he was also involved in the scandal surrounding the East Westphalian red-light giant Egon Kaderka.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadt Landshut, Sportchronik 1974-76: ... 1976 Reception of the German Olympic team in October with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and award with the silver laurel leaf.

swell

• amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• boxrec.com

Web links

• Reinhard Skricek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Gelsenkirchen stories: Reinhard Skricek - boxer from Gelsenkirchen
• Der Spiegel: Robin Hood von Ahlen - The brothel owner Egon Kaderka turned an amateur boxing club into the brothel of the Bundesliga