Brunon Bendig (6 October 1938 – 15 September 2006) was a Polish amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the

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division at the 1965 European Championships. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in

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and won a bronze medal in 1960, losing in the semifinal to the eventual winner

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. In 1964 he was eliminated in the second bout.Brunon Bendig
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1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Brunon Bendig, a Polish bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Rainer Poser (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 3-2 * Round of 16: lost to Karimu Young (Nigeria) by decision, 2-3

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1938 births 2006 deaths People from Chełmno Olympic boxers for Poland Bantamweight boxers Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish male boxers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{Poland-boxing-bio-stub