Ernst Pistulla

Ernst Pistulla

Ernst Pistulla
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Light heavyweight

Ernst Pistulla (28 November 1906 – 3 March 1945)[1] was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Goslar. Pistulla was the German amateur light heavyweight champion in 1928.[2] He won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class after losing the final against Víctor Avendaño. He died in a Nazi prison during World War II, supposedly of neurosyphilis.[3]

1928 Olympic results

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Ernst Pistulla at Olympedia
  2. ^ "Ernst Pistulla Olympic medals and stats". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. ^ Death certificate from March 6, 1945, Berlin-Tiergarten registry office No. 556/1945; reported by Chief Sergeant Hermann Weß (Berlin State Archives)
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