Reiner Gies
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BornMarch 12, 1963
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
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Reiner Gies (born March 12, 1963, in Kaiserslautern, West Germany)[1] is a former German boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for West Germany. Four years earlier, when Los Angeles, California hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Represented West Germany as a lightweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Samir Khenyab (Iraq) 4-1
- Defeated John Kalbhenn (Canada) 5-0
- Lost to Pernell Whitaker (United States) 0-5
Represented West Germany as a Light Welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, capturing a bronze medal.
- Defeated Basil Maelagi (Solomon Islands) walkover
- Defeated Lórant Szabó (Hungary) 5-0
- Defeated Adrian Carew (Guyana) 3-2
- Defeated Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansükh (Mongolia) 4-1
- Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (Soviet Union) KO 1
