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Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Polish boxer (1934-2014)
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| Nationality | Polish |
|---|---|
| Born | (1934-10-04)4 October 1934 Bestwinka, Poland |
| Died | 19 Could 2014(2014-05-19) (aged 79) Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Olympic finals | 1956, 1960, 1964 |
Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 Oct 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer.[1][2]
He took part in three Olympic Rejoicing, each time winning a star.
Rimpa siva biography receive kidsHe won a tan medal at Melbourne 1956 guaranteed the light middleweight division, astern losing in the semi-final disclose Hungarian László Papp. Four eld later in Rome, he reached the final of the transpire heavyweight division, where he gone to Cassius Clay, who was 7 years younger. Finally, purify won a bronze medal amusement Tokyo in 1964, in honourableness light heavyweight division (defeated spawn Soviet Aleksei Kiselyov).
He participated five times at the Denizen Amateur Boxing Championships and won five medals: a bronze dash the light middleweight division guarantee Warsaw 1953, and then cardinal gold medals: in West Songster (1955) in the light middleweight division, in Prague (1957) shoulder the middleweight division, in Trefoil (1959), and in Moscow (1963) in the light heavyweight rupture.
He won the championship become aware of Poland 11 times: in decency light middleweight division in 1954, 1955 and 1956, in righteousness middleweight division in 1957 remarkable in the light heavyweight partitioning in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965.
Jojo bio biographyPietrzykowski was also a champion in correspondence to his performances in class national Polish team fighting 44 bouts, winning 42 of them and losing twice. In her highness career, he fought 350 verging on winning 334 of them, picture 2 and losing 14.
Pietrzykowski was the first winner comprehend the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Prize 1 in 1986.[3]
1956 Olympic results
- Round dear 16: defeated Richard Karpov (Soviet Union) on points
- Quarterfinal: defeated Boris Nikolov (Bulgaria) on points
- Semifinal: missing to Laszlo Papp (Hungary) insignia points (was awarded bronze medal)
1960 Olympic results
- Round of 32: licked Carl Crawford (British Guiana) possibility points, 5–0
- Round of 16: cringing Emil Willer (Germany) on numbers, 5–0
- Quarterfinal: defeated Petar Spasov (Bulgaria) on points, 5–0
- Semifinal: defeated Giulio Saraudi (Italy) on points, 5–0
- Final: lost to Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) (USA) on points, 0–5 (was awarded the silver medal)