Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s.

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Jürgen Fanghänel

Fanghänel fighting at the 1980 Olympic Eliminator
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Full name	Jürgen Fanghänel
Nationality	East Germany
Born	(1951-08-01) 1 August 1951 (age 72) Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Heavyweight
Club	Sportclub Karl-Marx-Stadt Sport Gemeinschaft Wismut Gera
Medal record Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1982 Munich Heavyweight 1978 Belgrade Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 1977 Halle Heavyweight 1979 Cologne Super Heavyweight 1981 Tampere Heavyweight

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Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by Pyotr Zayev of the Soviet Union. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze medal, at the second World Championships in Belgrade. In 1982 he ended up second at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.

1972 – Munich

• Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (Bulgaria) first-round knockout
• Lost to Ion Alexe (Romania) by decision, 0–5

1976 – Montreal

• Round of 32: Lost to Viktor Ivanov (Soviet Union) by decision, 2–3

1980 – Moscow

• Round of 16: Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) by decision, 4–1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Petar Stoimenov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest in second round
• Semifinal: Lost to Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) by decision, 0–5 (was awarded bronze medal)

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jürgen Fanghänel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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