Sven Lange

This article is about the boxer Sven Lange . For the historian of the same name, see Sven Lange (historian)

Sven Lange
Sven Lange (2nd from right back row) with Henry Maske , Andreas Zülow and Axel Schulz
Data
Birth Name	Sven Lange
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	January 10, 1967
place of birth	Bützow
Date of death	March 2, 1992

Sven Lange (born January 10, 1967 in Bützow , † March 2, 1992 near Schwerin ) was a German boxer . He was European champion of amateurs in 1989 in the light heavyweight division.

Life

Sven Lange started boxing at the Tractor Wendorf Sports Club at the age of 10 . His first trainer was his father Karl-August Lange. The very talented athlete has already had great success in the youth field. In the age groups 13 to 17, he was five times GDR champion and in 1981 and 1983 Spartakiade winner. In 1980 he came to the GDR top club SC Traktor Schwerin , where he was trained by Otto Ramin. Over the years, he grew up to be an athlete who was 1.92 meters tall and boxed mostly light heavyweight but also heavyweight.

His first big success in international boxing came in 1985, where he took 3rd place at the Junior World Championships in Bucharest in the middleweight division. In the same year he was already GDR heavyweight champion, where he defeated Maik Heydeck on points in the final.

In 1986 he was again GDR heavyweight champion with a victory over the same boxer. This year he took 2nd place in the heavyweight division at the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) . In the final he was defeated by the Olympic champion in 1992 and 1996 Félix Savón from Cuba by breaking off in the 3rd round. He also finished 2nd at the TSC tournament in Berlin. He was defeated in the final by Maik Heydeck by breaking off in the 1st round.

In 1987 Sven Lange was absent from the GDR championship due to injury, but in 1988 he was GDR light heavyweight champions. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , however, René Suetovius in the light heavyweight division and Maik Heydeck in the heavyweight division were preferred to him. In 1989 Sven Lange was GDR light heavyweight champion again and defeated the eventual Olympic champion Torsten May on points (18: 7) in the semifinals . In 1989 it was finally used at an international championship, the European championship in Athens. He defeated there in the light heavyweight Markus Keusgen from Germany (5: 0 judges votes), Sergei Kobonzew, Russia (5: 0) and Lajos Erös from Hungary (4: 1) on points and thus became the new European champion .

In 1990 there were no more championships in the GDR. Sven Lange stayed in Schwerin after German reunification and boxed for the newly founded Schwerin SC . On December 7, 1990, he defeated the so-called German unification country fight DABV against DBV in Bochum Bert Teuchert from Freiburg in the heavyweight division on points. In 1991 Sven Lange lost in the first German championship after reunification in the light heavyweight division against Torsten May on points (0: 5 judges' votes) and at the Chemistry Cup in 1991 he suffered a defeat against Dariusz Michalczewski .

On March 2, 1992, Sven Lange had a fatal accident in a traffic accident near Schwerin. He left a wife and a child.

In memory of the boxer, BC Traktor Schwerin has been holding the Sven Lange memorial tournament since 2013.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1985	1.	Intern. Junior tournament in Schwerin	medium	with a point win in the final over Usman Awsalijew, USSR (4: 1)
1985	1.	Balaton Cup f. Juniors in Balatonfured	medium
1985	3.	Junior World Championships in Bucharest	medium	with points victory over Gary Ward, Canada (3: 2) u. Point defeat in the semi-finals against Dumitru Besliu, Romania (1: 4)
1986	2.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Heavy	with an abandonment loss in the 3rd round in the final against Félix Savón , Cuba
1986	2.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Heavy	with a demolition defeat in the 1st round in the final against Maik Heydeck , GDR
1986	2.	"Feliks-Stamm" Memorial in Warsaw	Heavy	with a point victory over Evgeni Sudakow, USSR (5: 0) u. a point defeat against Wieslaw Dyla, Poland (0: 5)
1987	2.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Heavy	with an abandonment loss in the 2nd round against Félix Savón
1987	1.	French Open in St. Nazaire	Heavy	with points wins over Andrzej Gołota u. Janusz Czerniszewski, bde. Poland
1989	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Semi-difficult	with a point victory in the final over René Suetovius , GDR
1989	1.	Trofeo Italia in Venice	Heavy	with a point win in the final over Nusret Redzepi, Yugoslavia
1989	2.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Semi-difficult	after a point defeat in the final against Henry Maske , GDR
1989	1.	EM in Athens	Semi-difficult	with points wins over Markus Keusgen, FRG (5: 0), Sergei Kobozew, USSR (5: 0) and Lajos Erös , Hungary (4: 1)
1990	1.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Heavy	with points victory in the final over Vasile Adomitroaie, Romania
1990	5.	"Goodwill" games in Seattle	Semi-difficult	after a point loss in the quarterfinals against Terry McGroom, USA
1991	2.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Heavy	after losing points in the final against Rene Monse , Germany
1991	3.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Dariusz Michalczewski , Germany

GDR championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1985	1.	Heavy	with points victory in the final over Maik Heydeck
1986	1.	Heavy	with points victory in the final over Maik Heydeck
1988	1.	Semi-difficult	with points victory in the final over René Suetovius (3: 2)
1989	1.	Semi-difficult	with points wins in the semifinals over Torsten May (18: 7) and in the final over Mario Nesemann (23:14)

German championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1991	2.	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the final against Torsten May (0: 5)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1990	Bochum	DABV versus DBV	Semi-difficult	Points victory over Bert Teuchert , Freiburg, (24:12)

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• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de",
• Box Sport magazine