Stefan Foerster
Stefan Förster (born October 17, 1950 in Chemnitz ) is a former German boxer , European amateur champion in 1973 and 1977 and eight-time GDR champion in featherweight and bantamweight.
Career
Stefan Förster, who had learned to be an electrician, started boxing at SC Karl-Marx-Stadt as a teenager in Karl-Marx-Stadt (formerly Chemnitz , now Chemnitz again). Only the result from his participation in the 1970 European Junior Championship in Miskolc / Hungary is known from his junior years . He started there in bantamweight and retired after a point victory over Andrzej Kedzierski, Poland (5: 9) in the quarterfinals with a point defeat against Dave Needham, England , and finished in 5th place.
In 1970, Stefan Förster also took part in the GDR senior championship for the first time and took 3rd place in the bantamweight division. In 1971 he was then GDR champion for the first time. In the final battle of the bantamweight he defeated Bernd Diecke from SC Dynamo Berlin on points. In the following years from 1972 to 1978 he won the GDR championship title in bantam or featherweight seven more times. Particularly noteworthy is his victory in 1975 over Richard Nowakowski from SC Traktor Schwerin .
In 1971 he also started for the first time at an international senior championship, the European Championship in Madrid . In bantamweight he won over Leslie Pickett from Wales on points, but was defeated in the round of 16 against Alexander Melnikow from the USSR and therefore ended up in 9th place. He fared not much better at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , where he again achieved 9th place. There he lost the bantamweight to Alfonso Zamora from Mexico , who later became WBA professional world champion .
In 1973 Stefan Förster made his breakthrough in the international ring. He became European featherweight champion in Belgrade with four wins . He defeated, among other things, the strong Romanian Gabriel Pometcu on points (3: 2) and in the final battle he beat Zoran Jovanović from Yugoslavia in the first round KO. At the 1974 World Cup in Havana , he was again in the round of 16. He lost to Boris Kuznetsov from the USSR on points and landed back on the 9th place. Stefan Förster was also eliminated in the round of 16 at the European Championships in Katowice in 1975 . Again he was defeated by a Soviet boxer, Ashot Avetisjan, on points (2: 3).
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , Stefan Förster won over the strong Hungarian Jozsef Jakab on points (5: 0), lost in the quarter-finals to the 1975 European champion Viktor Rybakov from the USSR just on points (2: 3) and missed out on fifth place Place the medal ranks.
His second major success came in 1977. He was again European champion in Halle (Saale), this time in the bantamweight division. To win this title, he defeated four strong opponents from the former Eastern Bloc countries. First he won over Jozsef Jakab by breaking off in the 2nd round and then he defeated Fazlija Šaćirović from Yugoslavia (5-0), Dimitar Pehliwanow from Bulgaria (3-2) and Todor Dinu from Romania (4-1) on points.
In 1978 Stefan Förster succeeded in winning a medal at the World Championships in Belgrade . After winning two fights, he failed in the semi-finals against the Cuban Adolfo Horta , against whom he was defeated with 0: 5 judges' votes, but had already secured the World Cup bronze medal .
In 1980 Stefan Förster, who also fought over 30 international fights for the GDR , ended his active career as a boxer. In total, he played 245 fights, of which he won 198. He finished his studies in physical education with a diploma and then became a trainer at SC Wismut Gera , the club to which he moved from Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1974. In 1986 he returned to Karl-Marx-Stadt as a trainer. After the political change in Germany, he worked for a security company in Chemnitz and worked as a volunteer trainer at Box-Club 94 Chemnitz . In 2000 he worked for a short time as a trainer in the Sauerland boxing stable .
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1970 | 5. | Junior European Championship in Miskolc / Hungary | Bantam | with a point win over Andrzej Kedzierski, Poland (5: 0) u. a point loss to Dave Needham, England |
| 1971 | 5. | "Fairness" tournament in Leipzig | Bantam | after a point loss in the quarterfinals against Roman Gotfryd , Poland |
| 1971 | 9. | EM in Madrid | Bantam | with a points win over Leslie Pickett, Wales u. a point loss to Alexander Melnikov , USSR |
| 1972 | 1. | Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) | Bantam | |
| 1972 | 9. | OS in Munich | Bantam | with points wins over Leslie Hamilton, Canada (4: 1) and Mayaki Seydou, Nigeria (5: 0) u. a point defeat against Alfonso Zamora , Mexico (0: 5) |
| 1973 | 1. | EM in Belgrade | feather | with point wins over Mehmet Kunova, Turkey (5: 0), Kuncho Kunchew, Bulgaria (5: 0) u. Gabriel Pometcu , Romania (3: 2) and a knockout victory in the 1st round over Zoran Jovanovic (boxer) , Yugoslavia |
| 1973 | 1. | TSC tournament in Berlin | feather | with a point win in the final over Hector Lazaro, Cuba |
| 1974 | 1. | Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) | feather | with a point victory in the final over Peter Gath, GDR |
| 1974 | 2. | Honved Cup in Budapest | feather | with a knockout loss in the 2nd round in the final against Tibor Badari , Hungary |
| 1974 | 9. | World Cup in Havana | feather | with a TKO victory in the 2nd round over Kenneth Aki Drima, SLE u. a point loss to Boris Kuznetsov , USSR |
| 1974 | 1. | TSC tournament in Berlin | feather | |
| 1975 | 9. | EM in Katowice | feather | after a point defeat in the round of 16 against Ashot Avetisjan, USSR |
| 1976 | 1. | Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) | Bantam | with a point victory in the final over Jozsef Jakab , Hungary |
| 1976 | 2. | TSC tournament in Berlin | Bantam | after a point defeat in the final against Alexander Vesninski, USSR (2: 3) |
| 1976 | 5. | OS in Montreal | Bantam | after a point victory over Jozsef Jakab (5: 0) u. a point defeat against Viktor Rybakow , USSR (2: 3) |
| 1977 | 1. | TSC tournament in Berlin | Bantam | with a point victory in the final over Alexander Vesninski |
| 1977 | 1. | EM in Halle (Saale) | Bantam | with a demolition win in the 2nd round over Jozsef Jakab u. Point wins over Fazlija Šaćirović , Yugoslavia (5: 0), Dimitar Pehliwanow , Bulgaria (3: 2) and. Todor Dinu , Romania (4: 1) |
| 1978 | 2. | TSC tournament in Berlin | Bantam | after losing points in the final against Samuel Belford, Cuba (1: 4) |
| 1978 | 3. | World Cup in Belgrade | Bantam | with a non-fighting victory over Augustin Akera, Uganda a . a point win over Nelson Trujillo, Venezuela (4: 1) u. a point defeat against Adolfo Horta , Cuba (0: 5) |
| 1979 | 2. | Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) | Bantam | after losing points in the final against Hector Lazare, Cuba |
| 1979 | 3. | TSC tournament in Berlin | Bantam | bach point defeat in the semifinals against Mario Behrendt , GDR |
| 1979 | 5. | EM in Cologne | Bantam | with a point win over Bulent Angin, Turkey (5: 0) u. a point defeat against Nikolai Chrapzow , USSR (0: 5) |
GDR championships
| year | space | Weight class | Result |
| 1970 | 3. | Bantam | behind Reinhard Schulz u. Klaus John, bde. TSC Berlin |
| 1971 | 1. | Bantam | with a victory in the final over Dernd Diecke, SC Dynamo Berlin |
| 1972 | 1. | Bantam | with a victory in the final over Christian Zornow, SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 1973 | 1. | feather | with a victory in the final over Hartmut Helmbold, SC Wismut Gera |
| 1974 | 1. | feather | with a victory in the final over Mika, SC Chemie Halle |
| 1975 | 1. | feather | with a victory in the final over Richard Nowakowski , SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 1976 | 1. | Bantam | with a point win in the final over Toni David, SC Traktor Schwerin |
| 1977 | 1. | Bantam | with a point win in the final over Uwe Fox, SC Traktor Schwerin (5: 0) |
| 1978 | 1. | Bantam | with a knockout win in the 1st round over Ulf Graf, ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) |
International battles
| year | place | encounter | Weight class | Result |
| 1970 | Pančevo | Yugoslavia versus GDR | Bantam | Point defeat against Branislav Mirkovic |
| 1971 | Bucharest | Romania against GDR | Bantam | Points winner over Ivan |
| 1971 | Brăila | Romania against GDR | Bantam | Points winner over Ciocoi |
| 1971 | Potsdam | GDR versus Poland | Bantam | Points winner over Jan Kokoschka |
| 1971 | London | England versus GDR | Bantam | Point loss to George Turpin |
| 1971 | Bournemouth | England versus GDR | Bantam | Points winner over? |
| 1972 | Mielec | Poland against GDR | feather | Points winner over Zygmunt Zbyszewski |
| 1972 | Gera | GDR against Romania | feather | Point defeat against Gabriel Pometcu |
| 1972 | Erfurt | GDR against Romania | feather | Points winner over Gabriel Pometcu |
| 1973 | ? | GDR versus France | feather | Points winner over Serge Thomas |
| 1973 | Berlin | GDR versus Poland | feather | Points winner over Andrzej Jagielski |
| 1973 | Dessau | GDR versus Poland | feather | Point defeat against Andrzej Jagielski |
| 1973 | Algiers | Algeria against GDR | feather | Point defeat against Allik |
| 1973 | Erfurt | GDR against ČSSR | feather | Points winner over Ondrej |
| 1974 | Bucharest | Romania against GDR | feather | Point defeat against Gabriel Pometcu |
| 1974 | Galați | Romania against GDR | feather | Point defeat against Gheorghe Ciochină |
| 1974 | Poznań | Poland against GDR | feather | Point defeat against Roman Gotfryd |
| 1974 | Opole | Poland against GDR | feather | Point defeat against Kazimierz Przybylski |
| 1975 | Lagos | Nigeria versus GDR | feather | Points winner over Eddie Ndukwu |
| 1975 | Accra | Ghana versus GDR | feather | KO winner 1st round over Akushie |
| 1975 | Prague | CSSR against GDR | feather | Points winner over Tibor Stojka |
| 1975 | Karl Marx City | GDR versus Poland | feather | Aborted defeat in the 2nd round against Andrzej Jagielski |
| 1976 | Wroclaw | Poland against GDR | Bantam | Points winner over Ryszard Jagielski (2: 1) |
| 1976 | Potsdam | GDR against Bulgaria | Bantam | Demolition winner in the 3rd round over Boris Krumow |
| 1977 | Gera | GDR versus Poland | Bantam | Points winner over Mieczyslaw Massier (3: 0) |
| 1977 | Erfurt | GDR versus Poland | Bantam | Points winner over Mieczyslaw Massier (2: 1) |
| 1978 | Crystal Bay | USA against GDR | Bantam | Point loss to Rocky Lockridge |
| 1978 | Sofia | Bulgaria against GDR | Bantam | Point defeat against Dimitar Pehliwanow |
| 1979 | Schwerin | GDR against Uganda | Bantam | Points winner over Abudu Businge |
| 1979 | Crystal Bay | USA against GDR | Bantam | Point defeat against Michael Felde |
| 1979 | Burlington | USA against GDR | Bantam | Aborted defeat in the 2nd round against Jackie Beard |
Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, bantam weight, up to 54 kg, featherweight, up to 57 kg body weight
literature
- Box Sport magazine ,
- The large lexicon of GDR athletes , Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin, 2000
Web links
- Website Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
- Stefan Förster in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Boxing - GDR - championships on Sport-komplett.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forester, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |