Jerzy Adamski
Appearance
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Born | 14 March 1937 Sierpc, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 2002 (aged 65) Bydgoszcz, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Astoria Bydgoszcz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jerzy Adamski (14 March 1937 – 6 December 2002) was a Polish featherweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics[1] and a European title in 1959. He won six national titles and had an amateur record of 237 wins, 10 losses and 23 draws. Adamski was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.[2]
Adamski was born in a family of a railway worker, and had brothers Ryszard and Jan and a sister Lucyna. He graduate from a technical school with a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering.[2]
References
- ^ Jerzy Adamski Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-reference
- ^ a b Adamski Jerzy. olimpijski.pl
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- 1937 births
- 2002 deaths
- Olympic boxers of Poland
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Astoria Bydgoszcz
- Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz
- People from Sierpc
- Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship
- Polish male boxers
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
- Polish boxing biography stubs