Richard Vogt (boxer)

Richard Vogt
Data
Birth Name	Richard Vogt
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	January 26, 1913
place of birth	Hamburg
Date of death	12th July 1988 (age 75)
Place of death	Hamburg

Richard Vogt (born January 26, 1913 in Hamburg , † July 12, 1988 in Hamburg ) was a German boxer and an Olympic competitor in 1936 .

Life

The trained farmer Richard Vogt, who was generally only called "Riedel" Vogt in sports circles, won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, after losing in the final against Roger Michelot . Vogt was three times German light heavyweight champion, in 1942 he lost on points in a fight for the European light heavyweight title against Luigi Musina. In 1948, in front of a crowd of 20,000 spectators in Berlin, he beat the former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling in his last fight. In the film adaptation of Max Schmeling - A German Legend , the boxer Arthur Abraham took on the role of Richard Vogt. Vogt had 15 more fights after defeating Schmeling and retired from boxing in 1952 at the age of 39.

At the end of his career as a professional boxer, he switched to the catcher camp and worked as a professional wrestler for several years . Vogt also made headlines as a trotting driver , he owned 40 acres of land in Wandsbek as well as a few trotting horses and was also a breeder.

He spent his old age in a retirement home in Hamburg. He died at the age of 75.

Web links

Table of all combat results (English) accessed on February 5, 2012
DER SPIEGEL 51/1949 accessed on February 6, 2012

Individual evidence

↑ Richard Vogt in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

↑ Max Schmeling - A German Legend . Movie, Federal Republic of Germany, 2010, 123 min., Director: Uwe Boll , with Henry Maske as Max Schmeling, Susanne Wuest as Anny Ondra , Vladimir Weigl as Joe Jacobs , and others. v. a.

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↑ Richard Vogt in the Munzinger Archive , accessed on February 5, 2012 ( beginning of the article freely available)

personal data
SURNAME	Vogt, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	July 12, 1988
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Richard Vogt in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

[2] Max Schmeling - A German Legend . Movie, Federal Republic of Germany, 2010, 123 min., Director: Uwe Boll , with Henry Maske as Max Schmeling, Susanne Wuest as Anny Ondra , Vladimir Weigl as Joe Jacobs , and others. v. a.