Torsten Schmitz
Torsten Schmitz is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight class. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notable European tournaments, compiling a record of 215–35.Amateur highlights
- 1982 Junior European Champion at Welterweight in Schwerin, Germany
- *Defeated Luciano Bruno in the final.
- 1984 1st place at the Friendship Games in Havana, Cuba as a Welterweight
- *Defeated Khaidavyn Gantulga RSCI 3
- *Defeated Luis Garcia PTS
- *Defeated Jose Luis Hernandez PTS
- 1985 competed at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Welterweight
- *Defeated Jacek Olejniczak PTS
- *Lost to Borislav Abadzhiev PTS
- 1986 3rd place at World Championships in Reno, United States as a Welterweight
- *Defeated Stefan Driscu PTS
- *Defeated Kim Dong-Kil PTS
- *Defeated Israel Akopkokhyan PTS
- *Lost to Candelario Duvergel PTS
- 1988 competed at the Seoul Olympics as a Light Middleweight
- *Defeated Angel Stoyanov PTS
- *Lost to Park Si-hun PTS
- 1989 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the World Championships in Moscow, USSR
- *Defeated Fikret Kaman PTS
- *Defeated Laszlo Gal PTS
- *Defeated Erik Bredler PTS
- *Defeated Kabary Salem PTS
- *Lost to Israel Akopkokhyan PTS
- 1990 2nd place at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, USA
- *Defeated Chris Byrd PTS
- *Defeated Alexander Lebziak PTS
- *Lost to Israel Akopkokhyan PTS
- 1991 3rd place as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia
- *Defeated Orhan Delibaş PTS
- *Defeated Jan Dydak PTS
- *Defeated Stefan Driscu PTS
- *Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus RSC-2
- 1991 2nd place at European Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden
- *Lost the final to Israel Akopkokhyan
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