Janusz Pawłowski (born 20 July 1959 in

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest ci ...

) is a retired male

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from

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. He competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, and won the bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (– 65 kg) division. He also competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. There he advanced to the final by defeating Japan's 1987 world champion Yosuke Yamamoto in the semi-final and took the silver medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (– 65 kg) division after a match with no point earned by either side. Referees' decision in the final gave the win to South Korea's

Lee Kyung-Keun Lee Kyung-Keun (born 7 November 1962) is a South Korean retired judoka. Lee was a runner-up in the half-lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1985 World Judo Championships. Three years later, at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 S ...

. After his retirement from competition judo, he had been working as a national coach in Poland, Kuwait, Italy, and Slovenia. Currently, he is working as the head judo coach at a private judo club in Turin, Italy. On 29 June 2013 he became part of the Polish Sport Hall of Fame and received his own bronze star on the street of Olympic training center in Cetniewo, Poland.

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1959 births Living people Polish male judoka Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland People from Sopot Olympic medalists in judo Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish people {{Poland-judo-bio-stub

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