Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Boxing | ||
Competitor for  Poland
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Light Middleweight |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | Light Heavyweight |
| Bronze | 1964 Tokyo | Light Heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1953 Warsaw | Light Middleweight |
| Gold | 1955 West Berlin | Light Middleweight |
| Gold | 1957 Prague | Middleweight |
| Gold | 1959 Lucerne | Light Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1963 Moscow | Light Heavyweight |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (born October 4, 1934 in Bestwinka, near Bielsko-Biała) is a retired Polish boxer.[1]
Three times he took part in the Olympic Games, every time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the Light middleweight division, after losing in the semi-final to Hungarian László Papp. Four years later in Rome, he reached the final of the Light heavyweight division, where he lost to future heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) . Finally, he won a bronze medal in Tokyo in 1964, in the Light heavyweight division (defeated by Russian Aleksei Kiselyov).
He participated five times at the European Amateur Boxing Championships and won 5 medals: a bronze in the Light middleweight division at Warsaw 1953, and then four gold medals: 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.
Eleven times he 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 also a champion in relation to his performances in the national Polish team. He fought 44 times, winning 42 times and losing twice. In his career, he fought 350 fights; he won 334, drew 2 and lost 14.
He was the first winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1986.[2]