Józef Grudzień

Józef Grudzień
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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
European Amateur Championships

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)