Fritz Sdunek, former coach of WBC heavyweight world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, comforts Odlanier Solis of Cuba after Solis' fight against Klitschko in Cologne March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
BERLIN (Reuters) - The former coach of heavyweight champions Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Fritz Sdunek, has died at the age of 67 following a heart attack, the boxers said on Tuesday.
A former East German amateur boxer and coach, Sdunek had been working for the Universum boxing group in Hamburg since the mid-1990s, coaching the Ukrainian brothers to world titles before semi-retiring in 2009.
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