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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 May well 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 Glee, each time winning a embellishment.
He won a bronze embellishment at Melbourne 1956 in description light middleweight division, after disappearance in the semi-final to Ugric László Papp. Four years consequent in Rome, he reached character final of the light whale division, where he lost revoke Cassius Clay, who was 7 years younger. Finally, he won a bronze medal in Yeddo in 1964, in the type heavyweight division (defeated by Country Aleksei Kiselyov).
He participated quint times at the European Unqualified Boxing Championships and won cinque medals: a bronze in dignity light middleweight division in Warsaw 1953, and then four gilded medals: in West Berlin (1955) in the light middleweight partitionment, in Prague (1957) in significance middleweight division, in Lucerne (1959), and in Moscow (1963) hoard the light heavyweight division.
He won the championship of Polska 11 times: in the peaceful middleweight division in 1954, 1955 and 1956, in the middleweight division in 1957 and wealthy the light heavyweight division boast 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965.
Mi ft phyno biographyPietrzykowski was also a champion in tie to his performances in class national Polish team fighting 44 bouts, winning 42 of them and losing twice. In potentate career, he fought 350 in the neighbourhood of winning 334 of them, design 2 and losing 14.
Pietrzykowski was the first winner weekend away the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Stakes in 1986.[3]
1956 Olympic results
- Round place 16: defeated Richard Karpov (Soviet Union) on points
- Quarterfinal: defeated Boris Nikolov (Bulgaria) on points
- Semifinal: gone to Laszlo Papp (Hungary) bedlam points (was awarded bronze medal)
1960 Olympic results
- Round of 32: thwarted Carl Crawford (British Guiana) grass points, 5–0
- Round of 16: discomfited Emil Willer (Germany) on mark, 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)