Emil Schulz
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Emil Schulz was a German
boxer
and five-time amateur champion, who lost only 21 of his 223 fights.
He competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics
held in Tokyo
, Japan
in the middleweight division wining a silver medal
. He also won the bronze medal
at the 1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships
, representing West Germany
.
Championship, before losing to Karl Wagner from Radolfzell
on points.
In 1960 Schulz first boxed internationally as part of the German Amateur Boxing Association - German
: Deutscher Amateur Box Verband (DABV) In his first bout
, he lost to Frenchman Souleymane Diallo, a future top professional boxer, then to Soviet, Evgeni Feofanow by a Knockout
, but beat the future Olympic champion Valery Popenchenko from the USSR.
In November 1960 Schulz won his first German championship in Cologne
, in the middleweight
division, beating Paul Hogh from Stuttgart
in the final on points. In 1961 he won in another points victory over Norbert Weinrauter. He then fought at the European Amateur Boxing Championships
in Belgrade
with a first round knockout victory over J. Mammern from the Netherlands
. In the quarterfinals, he faced the experienced Yugoslav
, Dragoslav Jakovljevic, losing by a narrow points decision but claiming 5th Place.
In 1962 Schulz won in Iserlohn
with a single point victory over the German Norbert Weinrauter, the middleweight champion. As there were no international championships this year the next time Schulz fought was in an international match at Munich
, between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland
. Schulz managed a points victory over the reigning European champion Tadeusz Walasek
, in the middleweight division.
On the 4 May 1963 Schulz won a one point victory in Freiburg
over Ewald Wichert from Hamburg
, his fourth consecutive title. During the subsequent European Championship in Moscow
, he again met J. Mammern, winning by a second round Knockout. In the quarterfinals he cliamed another knockout victory over the representative of the German Democratic Republic
, Bernd Anders, from TSC Berlin, but lost to Ion Monea
from Romania
on points in the semifinals. By reaching the semi-final he won a European Championship bronze medal.
1964 Emil Schulz won the German championship again with another points victory over Ewald Wichert and qualified for the United Team of Germany
Olympic team with a another victory over the East German champion Bernd Anders, for the Tokyo Olympics
.
, he won his first bout, defeating British boxer William Stack and 1964 ABA Middleweight Champion
in a knockout after 46 seconds, before beating Ion Monea in the second set of matches. He then beat Francesco Valle of Italy
on points in the quarters. In the final he lost to Valery Popenchenko after the referee stopped the contest (RSC) but winning an Olympic silver medal foe Germany (EUA)
.
In the spring of 1965, Emil Schulz became seriously ill and although he recovered, he never returned to the ring
.
On 22 March 2010 Emil Schulz died in Westpfalz Hospital in Kaiserslautern
, he was 72 years old.
Germans
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boxer
Boxing
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and five-time amateur champion, who lost only 21 of his 223 fights.
He competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
held in Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
Japan
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in the middleweight division wining a silver medal
Silver medal
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. He also won the bronze medal
Bronze medal
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at the 1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships
1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 26 May to 2 June. The 15th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 133 fighters from 18 countries participating.-Medal winners:-Medal...
, representing West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
.
Life
Schulz began boxing as a teenager in 1951, he developed quickly and in 1956 he became the first Southwest champion of Germany, retaining this title until 1964. In 1957 he boxed in the European WelterweightWelterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
Championship, before losing to Karl Wagner from Radolfzell
Radolfzell
Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg....
on points.
In 1960 Schulz first boxed internationally as part of the German Amateur Boxing Association - German
German language
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: Deutscher Amateur Box Verband (DABV) In his first bout
Bout
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, he lost to Frenchman Souleymane Diallo, a future top professional boxer, then to Soviet, Evgeni Feofanow by a Knockout
Knockout
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, but beat the future Olympic champion Valery Popenchenko from the USSR.
In November 1960 Schulz won his first German championship in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, in the middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
division, beating Paul Hogh from Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
in the final on points. In 1961 he won in another points victory over Norbert Weinrauter. He then fought at the European Amateur Boxing Championships
1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 3 to 10 June. The 14th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters from 21 countries participating.-Medal winners:-Medal...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
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with a first round knockout victory over J. Mammern from the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. In the quarterfinals, he faced the experienced Yugoslav
Yugoslav
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, Dragoslav Jakovljevic, losing by a narrow points decision but claiming 5th Place.
In 1962 Schulz won in Iserlohn
Iserlohn
Iserlohn is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.-Geography:...
with a single point victory over the German Norbert Weinrauter, the middleweight champion. As there were no international championships this year the next time Schulz fought was in an international match at Munich
Munich
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, between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Schulz managed a points victory over the reigning European champion Tadeusz Walasek
Tadeusz Walasek
Tadeusz Walasek was a Polish boxer.He won a silver medal for Poland at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games in the men's middleweight division . Walasek lost a 3-2 decision in the final to Eddie Crook of the United States...
, in the middleweight division.
On the 4 May 1963 Schulz won a one point victory in Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
over Ewald Wichert from Hamburg
Hamburg
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, his fourth consecutive title. During the subsequent European Championship in Moscow
Moscow
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, he again met J. Mammern, winning by a second round Knockout. In the quarterfinals he cliamed another knockout victory over the representative of the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, Bernd Anders, from TSC Berlin, but lost to Ion Monea
Ion Monea
Ion Monea was a Romanian Olympic light heavyweight boxer.-Amateur career:Monea was born in in Tohanu Vechi, Braşov, Romania, and was the 1968 Olympic Light Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Mexico City, and the 1960 Olympic Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Rome.-References:* *...
from Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
on points in the semifinals. By reaching the semi-final he won a European Championship bronze medal.
1964 Emil Schulz won the German championship again with another points victory over Ewald Wichert and qualified for the United Team of Germany
United Team of Germany
The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...
Olympic team with a another victory over the East German champion Bernd Anders, for the Tokyo Olympics
Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics:It was held October 11 to 23.-Medal table:-Medal summary:Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics:It was held October 11 to 23....
.
Tokyo Olympics
In the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
, he won his first bout, defeating British boxer William Stack and 1964 ABA Middleweight Champion
ABA Middleweight Champions
Amateur Boxing Association of England middleweight champions.*1881 - T. Bellhouse *1882 - A. Curnick *1883 - A. Curnick *1884 - W. Brown *1885 - M. Salmon *1886 - W. King...
in a knockout after 46 seconds, before beating Ion Monea in the second set of matches. He then beat Francesco Valle of Italy
Italy
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on points in the quarters. In the final he lost to Valery Popenchenko after the referee stopped the contest (RSC) but winning an Olympic silver medal foe Germany (EUA)
Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan...
.
In the spring of 1965, Emil Schulz became seriously ill and although he recovered, he never returned to the ring
Boxing ring
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.
On 22 March 2010 Emil Schulz died in Westpfalz Hospital in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...
, he was 72 years old.
Victories by Countries
- 1957 in Kaiserslautern, south-west over Scotland, point winner over S Dignan,
- 1960 in Besançon, France against FRD second round, KO defeat by Souleymane Diallo,
- 1960 in Kiev, USSR v. FRG point defeat by Valery Popenchenko,
- 1960 in Moscow, USSR v. FRG, first round KO defeat by Evgeni Feofanow,
- 1961 in Frankfurt, FRG against Italy first round knockout winner against Giovanni Pautasso,
- 1962 in Munich, FRG against Poland, point victor over Tadeusz Walasek,
- 1962 in Lagos, Nigeria v. FRG point victory over Lewis Olayinka,
- 1962 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast v. FRG point victory over Bidjan Koissy,
- 1962 in Innsbruck, Austria v. FRG point defeat by SF Rusch,
- 1963 in Wroclaw, Poland v. FRG point victory over Tadeusz Walasek,
- 1964 in Bucharest, Romania v. FRG point victory over Ion Monea,
- 1964 in Stuttgart, FRG v. Poland, draw against Lucjan Slowakiewicz,
- 1964 in Münster, FRG against England first round knockout winner against A. Moore