Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Poland |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Light Middleweight | |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | Light Heavyweight | |
| Bronze | 1964 Tokyo | Light Heavyweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | Warsaw 1953 | Light Middleweight | |
| Gold | West Berlin 1955 | Light Middleweight | |
| Gold | Prague 1957 | Middleweight | |
| Gold | Lucerne 1959 | Light Heavyweight | |
| Gold | Moscow 1963 | Light Heavyweight | |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (born October 4, 1934 in Bestwinka, near Bielsko-Biała) is a Polish boxer.
He thrice started in the Olympic Games, every time winning medals. He won bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the Light middleweight division, after loss in semi-final to Hungarian László Papp. Four years later in Rome, he reached to end of the Light heavyweight division where he had to stand down beginning one's great career Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and to satisfy with silver medal. At last, he won bronze medal at Tokyo 1964 in the Light heavyweight division (defeated by Russian Alexey Kisielev).
He five times participated at the European Amateur Boxing Championships and won 5 medals. At the beginning, bronze one in the Light middleweight division at Warsaw 1953, and four gold medals then: at West Berlin 1955 in the Light middleweight division, at Prague 1957 in the Middleweight division, and at Lucerne 1959 and at Moscow 1963 in the Light heavyweight division.
He eleven times won the championship of Poland: in the Light middleweight division in 1954, 1955 and 1956, in the Middleweight division in 1957 and in the Light heavyweight division in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965.
Pietrzykowski is the champion also under in relation to performances in national team of Poland. He fought 44 times, winning 42 duels and 2 losing. In his career, he rolled down 350 fights, 334 won, 2 drew and 14 lost.
