Janusz Pawłowski
![]() Janusz Pawłowski (left), bronze medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 20 July 1959 |
Occupation | Judoka |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –65 kg |
Rank | 6th dan black belt[1] |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | ![]() |
World Champ. | ![]() |
European Champ. | ![]() |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 17891 |
JudoInside.com | 1151 |
Updated on 6 June 2023 |
Janusz Pawłowski (born 20 July 1959 in Sopot) is a retired male judoka from Poland. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and won the bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (–65 kg) division.[2]
He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he advanced to the final by defeating Japan's 1987 world champion Yosuke Yamamoto in the semi-final and took the silver medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (–65 kg) division after a match with no point earned by either side. Referees' decision in the final gave the win to South Korea's Lee Kyung-Keun.
After his retirement from competition judo, he had been working as a national coach in Poland, Kuwait, Italy, and Slovenia. Currently, worked as the head judo coach at a private judo club in Turin, Italy. Now he is currently working as Judo Canada's assistant head coach.
On 29 June 2013 he became part of the Polish Sport Hall of Fame and received his own bronze star on the street of Olympic training center in Cetniewo, Poland.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janusz Pawłowski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit] Media related to Janusz Pawłowski at Wikimedia Commons
- Janusz Pawłowski at the International Judo Federation
- Janusz Pawłowski at JudoInside.com
- Janusz Pawłowski at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Janusz Pawłowski at Olympics.com
- Janusz Pawłowski at Olympedia
- Janusz Pawłowski at The-Sports.org
- 1959 births
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- Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Poland
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- People from Sopot
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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