Franciszek Szymura (7 December 1912 – 18 May 1985) was a Polish

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who competed four times in the

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(1937, 1939, 1947, and 1949) and in the

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. He won twice the silver medal in the 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan and the

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in Dublin, lost twice by

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, the upcoming professional European champion (1942–1947).

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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Light heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Mauro Cia. He was also a basketball player and represented Poland at the

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Polski Komitet Olimpijski – Szymura Franciszek
1912 births 1985 deaths Olympic boxers for Poland Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dortmund Polish male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers {{Poland-boxing-bio-stub