Horst Stump
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Sibiu, Romania
Popești-Leordeni, Romania
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| Full name | Horst Adolf Stump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1944 Sibiu, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 2018 (aged 74) Popești-Leordeni, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Steaua București, Metalul București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Horst Adolf Stump (9 January 1944 – November 2018), also known as Horst Stumpf or Horst Stumf, was a Romanian amateur boxer in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Stump was born on 9 January 1944 in Sibiu, the 9th child of a Transylvanian Saxon family.[1] His parents were killed by Russians during World War II, shortly after his birth, and Stump was raised together with his brothers by his grandparents.[1][2]
Boxing career
He reached four Romanian amateur boxing championship finals, winning one in 1970 against Alec Năstac and losing the other three, two to Năstac and one to Ion Covaci.[1][3] He won a bronze medal at the 1971 European Amateur Boxing Championships from Madrid, defeating Antonio dos Santos and Harald Skog before losing in the semi-finals to Mate Parlov.[1][2][4] In 1972, Stump participated at the first edition of the Golden belt international tournament, organized by Romania, reaching the final where he lost in front of Gilberto Carrillo.[4][5]