Jerzy Rybicki

Jerzy Rybicki
Personal information
Born June 6, 1953 (1953-06-06) (age 65)

Jerzy Rybicki (born June 6, 1953 in Warsaw) is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light middleweight division ( 71 kg), after having defeated Yugoslavia's Tadija Kačar in the final.

Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, Rybicki captured the bronze medal in the middleweight category ( 75 kg). He did the same in 1978 at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

Olympic results

1976

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Charles Walker (United States) 3–2
  • Defeated Wilfredo Guzman (Puerto Rico) 5–0
  • Defeated Viktor Savchenko (Soviet Union) 3–2
  • Defeated Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 5–0

1980

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Tarmo Uusivirta (Finland) RSC 2
  • Defeated Peter Odhiambo (Uganda) 5–0
  • Lost to Viktor Savchenko (Soviet Union) stopped in 3rd round due to eye injury

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