Leszek Marian Kosedowski (born May 25, 1954 in

Środa Śląska Środa Śląska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The ...

) is a retired

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from

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, who won a bronze medal in the men's

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division (– 57 kg) at the

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, Canada. There he was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual silver medalist,

Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born 27 September 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, Quebec, Canada. There he w ...

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. His younger brothers,

Krzysztof Kosedowski Krzysztof Kazimierz Kosedowski (born December 12, 1960 in Tczew) is a retired boxing, boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics i ...

and Dariusz Kosedowski, were also boxers who competed in the Olympics for Poland.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Leszek Kosedowski, a Polish featherweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated

Cornelius Boza-Edwards Cornelius Boza-Edwards (born Cornelius Bbosa; 27 May 1956) is the former World Boxing Council, WBC Super Featherweight Champion of the World. Born in Kampala, Uganda, he fought in both the super-featherweight and lightweight divisions. He emigra ...

(Uganda) by walkover; country boycotted * Round of 16: Defeated

Camille Huard Camille Huard (born October 29, 1951 in Saint-François-de-Pabos, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the featherweight division. There he was defeated in the Round of 16 by Po ...

(Canada) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Lost to

(East Germany) by decision, 0-5

References

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