Rolf CAROLI

Rolf Caroli from Halle an der Saale in East Germany lost his first bout at the 1960 Roma Olympics in the light-middleweight class against Pedro Votta from Uruguay. At the European Championships he earned three bronze medals in 1955, 1957 and 1959. From 1955-57 and in 1959 he won East German Championships. After his active career he became youth coach at his home club SC Chemie Halle for almost 20 years. His brother Georg, East German Champion in 1954, defected to the West in 1955.