Richard Nowakowski

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Richard Nowakowski

Richard Nowakowski (left) in 1981

Personal information

Full name

Richard Nowakowski

Nationality

East Germany

Born

September 27, 1955
Sztum, Pomorskie, Poland

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

57 kilograms (126 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Rated at

Featherweight

Club

Schweriner SC, Schwerin

Medal record

Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	Featherweight
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	1982 Munich	Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1977 Halle	Featherweight
Gold	1981 Tampere	Featherweight

Richard Nowakowski (born September 27, 1955 in Sztum, Poland) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he was defeated in the final by Ángel Herrera of Cuba.

Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Summer Games, Nowakowski competed in the lightweight category (– 60 kg), and captured the bronze medal. The same he did in 1982, at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.

Olympic results

1976

1st round bye
Defeated Ruben Mares (Philippines) 5-0
Defeated Behzad Ghaedi Bardeh (Iran) RSC 3
Defeated Gheorghe Ciochina (Romania) RSC 3
Defeated Leszek Kosedowski (Poland) 5-0
Lost to Ángel Herrera (Cuba) KO 2

1980

Defeated Christopher Ossai (Nigeria) 5-0
Defeated Geofrey Nyeko (Uganda) RSC 1
Defeated George Gilbody (Great Britain) 5-0
Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) RSC 1

References

v t e European Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight

1951 – 2010: up to 57 kg

1951: Joseph Ventaja (FRA) 1953: Josef Kruza (POL) 1955: Thomas Nicholls (ENG) 1957: Dimitar Velinov (BUL) 1959: Jerzy Adamski (POL) 1961: Francis Taylor (ENG) 1963: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) 1965: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) 1967: Ryszard Petek (POL) 1969: László Orban (HUN) 1971: Ryszard Tomczyk (POL) 1973: Stefan Förster (GDR) 1975: Tibor Badari (HUN) 1977: Richard Nowakowski (GDR) 1979: Viktor Rybakov (URS) 1981: Richard Nowakowski (GDR) 1983: Serik Nurkassov (URS) 1985: Samson Khachatryan (URS) 1987: Mekhak Ghazaryan (URS) 1989: Kirkor Kirkorov (BUL) 1991: Paul Griffin (IRL) 1993: Serafim Todorov (BUL) 1996: Ramaz Paliani (RUS) 1998: Ramaz Paliani (TUR) 2000: Ramaz Paliani (TUR) 2002: Raimkul Malakhbekov (RUS) 2004: Vitali Tajbert (GER) 2006: Albert Selimov (RUS) 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) 2010: Denis Makarov (GER)

Persondata
Name	Nowakowski, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Boxer
Date of birth	September 27, 1955
Place of birth	Sztum, Pomorskie, Poland
Date of death
Place of death

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