Bantamweight boxer Horst Rascher twice reached the quarterfinals at Olympics. In 1960 at Roma he was stopped by Brunon Bendig from Poland by a narrow 3-2 decision, while in 1968 he fought for West Germany and was eliminated by South Korean Jang Sun-Gil. In 1959 Rascher won the European Championships, and was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, the highest sports award in West Germany. In 1965 he added a European bronze, and in 1967 a silver. Rascher won nine West German national titles in 1959-60, and 1962-68. After his active career, Rascher studied industrial design. When his employer went into insolvency, he worked as a social worker for some years, helping teenagers resurrect their life.
