Jochen Bachfeld (born 17 December 1952) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after defeating Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela in the final.

Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld (in the middle of the foreground, holding the East German flag during the 1985 East German Children and Youth Spartakiad
Personal information
Full nameJochen Bachfeld
Nationality East Germany
Born (1952-12-17) 17 December 1952 (age 71)
Sülte, East Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
ClubSportclub Traktor Schwerin
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Welterweight

1976 Olympic results

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Below is the record of Jochen Bachfeld, an East German welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

References

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  • Jochen Bachfeld at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2007)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jochen Bachfeld". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.