Andrzej Rżany (born September 26, 1973) is a

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He participated in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

for his native European country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist

Fuad Aslanov Fuad Aslanov (born January 2, 1983 in Sumgait) is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by endin ...

. Rżany won the bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the

2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number ...

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

. In addition he won the bronze medal at the

1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing ...

, and reached the quarterfinals at the 2000 Olympics.

Olympic results

1992 (as a light Flyweight) *Lost to

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

(India) 6–12 2000 (as a flyweight) *Defeated

Celestin Augustin Celestin Augustin is a Malagasy Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the flyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He lost in his first bout to Polish boxer Andrzej Rżany Andrzej Rżany (born September 26, 1973) is a boxer fro ...

(Madagascar) 15–13 *Defeated

Arlan Lerio Arlan Lerio (born 22 November 1976) is a Filipino boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Flyweight, men's flyweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was part of the national training pool of the Amateur Bo ...

(Philippines) *Lost to Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) RSC 3 2004 (as a flyweight) *Defeated Bonyx Yusak Saweho (Indonesia) 25–19 *Defeated

Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi (born December 4, 1980) is a boxer from Morocco who participated in three Olympics. He was born in Casablanca. In 2000, when Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, he fell in the second round. At the 2004 Summer Olympics where he foug ...

(Morocco) 33–20 *Lost to

(Azerbaijan) 21–22

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1973 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Poland People from Mielec Sportspeople from Podkarpackie Voivodeship Polish male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Poland-boxing-bio-stub