Franz Dorfer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Franz Dorfer

boxer

Date of Birth: 20-May-1950

Place of Birth: Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2012

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Franz Dorfer

  • Franz Dorfer (20 May 1950 – 8 January 2012) was an Austrian boxer.
  • As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 1975 European Championships and competed at the 1976 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first bout, to Iranian boxer Mohamed Azarhazin.
  • After the Olympics he turned professional and fought 36 bouts between 1977 and 1986, winning 23.Dorfer was born in a family of farmers, and was trained as a cheesemaker in his youth.
  • Later he completed his military service in Sankt Pölten, graduated from a police school in Mödling, and worked in Vösendorf, near Vienna.
  • There he joined the boxing club BC Schwarz WeiĂź in 1972, and won the Austrian light-middleweight amateur title in 1973–76.
  • He died aged 61 after a long illness and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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