Ernst_Pistulla Knowpia

Ernst Pistulla
	; Ernst Pistulla
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games

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 edit

Round of 16: Defeated Leon Lucas (United States) on points
Quarterfinal: Defeated William Murphy (Ireland) on points
Semifinal: Defeated Karel Miljon (Netherlands) on points
Final: Lost to Victorio Avendano (Argentina) on points (was awarded silver medal)

Footnotes edit

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