Józef Grudzień

Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer.

Józef Grudzień

Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Lightweight
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1967 RomeLightweight
Silver medal – second place 1965 East BerlinLightweight

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:

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
  1. Olympic Games Boxing Results Archived 2008-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. EuropeanChampionships
  3. Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award
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