Józef Grudzień

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Józef Grudzień

Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Tokyo Lightweight
Silver 1968 Mexico City Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver 1965 East Berlin Lightweight
Gold 1967 Rome Lightweight

Józef Grudzień (born 1 April 1939, Piaski Wielkie near Busko-Zdrój) is a retired boxer from Poland.

He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold on in the Lightweight division at Tokyo 1964 [1] and silver at Mexico City 1968. He also twice won medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships, silver at East Berlin 1965 and gold at Rome 1967.[2]

He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1991.[3]

Olympic results

1964

  • Defeated Tauno Halonen (Finland) 4-1
  • Defeated Alex Oundo (Kenya) 4-1
  • Defeated Stoyan Pilitchev (Bulgaria) 5-0
  • Defeated Ronnie Harris (United States) 4-1
  • Defeated Velikton Barannikov (Soviet Union) 5-0

References


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