Carmen Rinke
Encyclopedia
Carmen Rinke is a retired boxer
from Canada
, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight
division (– 67 kilograms) by East Germany's eventual gold medalist Jochen Bachfeld
.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...
. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division (– 67 kilograms) by East Germany's eventual gold medalist Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
.