Bernd ANDERS

East German heavyweight boxer Bernd Anders lost his quarter-final bout against eventual the silver medalist, Soviet Russian Jonas Čepulis from Lithuania, at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, when the referee stopped the contest in the third round. In 1963 and 1964 Anders won the East German middleweight title, and in 1967 and 1968 he was the heavyweight champion. His greatest moment was in winning a light-heavyweight bronze medal at the 1965 European Championships.