Józef Grudzień
Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer.
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Boxing | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1964 Tokyo | Lightweight |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1968 Mexico City | Lightweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| 1967 Rome | Lightweight |
| 1965 East Berlin | Lightweight |
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)
References
1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg), 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg), 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg), 1948: 58–62 kg, 1952–2008: 57–60 kg, 2012: 56–60 kg | |
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