Fink, Rudy

Rudy Fink was born on June 6, 1958 in the city of Cottbus (now the state of Brandenburg ). He began to actively engage in boxing at the age of nine, since 1972 he was trained at the Frankfurt am Oder Forverts specialized sports school, where he trained under the supervision of the famous Manfred Wolke . He achieved his first serious success in the ring in 1974, when he won the junior championship in East Germany in the bantamweight. Two years later, he won a silver medal at the European Youth Championship, a year later he became the champion of the GDR in the lightweight category - from that moment he was fixed in the main part of the national team.

In 1979, Fink took part in the standings of the European Championship in Cologne, but could not go further than the quarterfinals. By 1980, he had three times become the champion of the adult championship of the GDR and, thanks to a series of successful performances, was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow . At the Olympics, he consecutively defeated all his rivals, including Soviet boxer Viktor Rybakov and Cuban Adolfo Orto in the semifinals and finals, respectively. The last time he entered the ring in early 1981, when he participated in the matches of the European Championship in Tampere - shortly after these competitions he decided to end his career as an athlete. In total, he held 180 fights in amateur Olympic boxing, of which 155 ended with victory, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

After completing his sports career, Rudy Fink worked for a long time as a coach, including in 1993 he headed the German national boxing team. In the 2000s, he collaborated with many professional boxers, in particular, was the personal trainer of the talented German prospect Danilo Heusler , who participated in the fight for the world title by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

• Rudy Fink - Olympic Stats at Sports-Reference.com