Józef Grudzień
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1967 Rome | Lightweight | |
1965 East Berlin | Lightweight |
Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer.
Grudzień was born 1 April 1939 in Piasek Wielki, Poland, which is near Busko-Zdrój. He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight division at Tokyo in 1964[1] and silver at Mexico City in 1968. He also twice won medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships, silver at East Berlin in 1965 and gold at Rome in 1967.[2]
Grudzień won the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award in 1991.[3]
1964 Olympic results
Below are the results of Jozef Grudzień, a lightweight boxer who competed for Poland at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
- Round of 32: Defeated Tauno Halonen (Finland) by decision, 4–1
- Round of 16: Defeated Alex Oundo (Kenya) by decision, 4–1
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Stoyan Pilitchev (Bulgaria) by decision, 5–0
- Semifinal: Defeated Ronnie Harris (United States) by decision, 4–1
- Final: Defeated Velikton Barannikov (Soviet Union) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)
1968 Olympic results
Below are the results of Jozef Gudzień, a lightweight boxer who competed for Poland at the 1968 Mexico Olympics:
- Round one: Defeated Ho Su-Lung (Taiwan) by decision, 5-0
- Round two: Defeated Roberto Caminero (Cuba) by decision, 5-0
- Round three: Defeated Marty Quinn (Ireland) by decision, 4-1
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Enzo Petriglia (Italy) by decision, 5-0
- Semifinal: Defeated Zvonko Vujin (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0
- Final: Lost Ronnie Harris by decision, 0-5 (won silver medal)
References
- ^ Olympic Games Boxing Results Archived 2008-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ EuropeanChampionships
- ^ Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award
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- 1904: Harry Spanjer (USA)
- 1908: Frederick Grace (GBR)
- 1920: Samuel Mosberg (USA)
- 1924: Hans Jacob Nielsen (DEN)
- 1928: Carlo Orlandi (ITA)
- 1932: Lawrence Stevens (RSA)
- 1936: Imre Harangi (HUN)
- 1948: Gerald Dreyer (RSA)
- 1952: Aureliano Bolognesi (ITA)
- 1956: Dick McTaggart (GBR)
- 1960: Kazimierz Paździor (POL)
- 1964: Józef Grudzień (POL)
- 1968: Ronnie Harris (USA)
- 1972: Jan Szczepański (POL)
- 1976: Howard Davis (USA)
- 1980: Ángel Herrera (CUB)
- 1984: Pernell Whitaker (USA)
- 1988: Andreas Zülow (GDR)
- 1992: Oscar De La Hoya (USA)
- 1996: Hocine Soltani (ALG)
- 2000: Mario Kindelán (CUB)
- 2004: Mario Kindelán (CUB)
- 2008: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS)
- 2012: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)
- 2016: Robson Conceição (BRA)
- 2020: Andy Cruz (CUB)
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