Ottomar Sachse

Ottomar Sachse was an East German boxer who fought as a light-heavyweight at two Olympic Games. He was born on 15 April 1951 in Lützen, boxed for SV Halle and died on 21 December 2023. At the 1972 Games in Munich he lost his opening bout to Miguel Ángel Cuello of Argentina, and at the 1976 Games in Montreal he reached the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual Olympic champion Leon Spinks of the United States. At home he won amateur national titles from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 1977, and five consecutive Chemie-Cups in Halle an der Saale between 1970 and 1975. At the European Championships he took silver in 1971 and 1977 and bronze in 1973 and 1975, and he won a bronze medal at the 1974 world championships in Havana. After boxing he became an entrepreneur in Halle and was also active as a sports administrator.