Tadeusz Dembonczyk (23 December 1955 – 11 February 2004) was a Polish weightlifter. He won the Bronze medal 56 kg in 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 ...

in Moscow. He was awarded the Bronze after he tied with

Andreas Letz Andreas Letz (born 5 June 1962 in Sömmerda, Bezirk Erfurt) is a German weightlifter. He competed in the 56 kg and 60 kg categories, and set two world records in the clean and jerk, and one in the total. Competing for ...

after both lifted 265 kg in total and they had weighted 55.6 kg before the competition and were reweighed and Dembonczyk was awarded the bronze.

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