Peter Weiss (boxer)
Peter Weiss | |
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Born | Berlin, Germany | December 16, 1938
Died | March 27, 2021 Vienna, Austria | (aged 82)
Nationality | Austrian |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Bantamweight Featherweight |
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
Peter Weiss (born 16 December, 1938 – 27 March, 2021) was a German born-Austrian amateur boxer.[2] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics as a Bantamweight and the 1964 Summer Olympics as a Featherweight.[3]
Early life
Weiss was born on 16 December, 1938, in Berlin, Germany. His father was Ernst Weiss (1912-1997), a professional boxer.[4]
Career
Weiss followed in his father's footsteps and started boxing in 1958.[5] He represented Austria at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and won his first round bout by outpointing the Indonesian Tiang Hok Oei. Weiss lost the second-bout to Alfonso Carbajo and thus, got eliminated. Four years later he competed once again in The Olympics at Tokyo, he lost his first-round bout against Tunisian Tamar Ben Hassan.
Personal life
After his boxing career, Weiss became a coach at the University of Vienna and ran the Papageno Hotel in Vienna. He died of natural causes on 27 March, 2021.
References
- ^ https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7487
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/993596
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Weiss Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Ernst_Weiss
- ^ https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7487
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