Janusz Kazimierz Gortat (born November 5, 1948) is a retired

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from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, who represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 75 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winners (Leon Spinks of the United States in 1976 and Mate Parlov of Yugoslavia in 1972). Born in

Brzozów Brzozów ( uk, Березів, ''Bereziv''; yi, ברעזשוב ''Brezhov''; lat. ''Brozovia'', or ''Prozzow'') is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,336 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 19 ...

, he is the father of

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player Marcin Gortat and boxer Robert Gortat.

1972 Olympic results

*Round of 32: Defeated

Jaroslav Král Jaroslav Král (born 6 March 1948) is a Czechoslovak boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In his first fight, he lost to Janusz Gortat Janusz Kazimierz Gortat (born November 5, 1948) i ...

(Czechoslovakia) by decision, 5–0 *Round of 16: Defeated Raymond Russell (United States) by decision, 3–2 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Rudi Hornig (West Germany) KO 1 *Semifinal: Lost to

Mate Parlov Mate Parlov (16 November 1948 – 29 July 2008) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as an amateur and as a professional. Background Mate Parlov was born in Split, the youngest of four c ...

(Yugoslavia) by decision, 0–5

1976 Olympic results

*Round of 32: Defeated

Miloslav Popović Miloslav Popović (born 9 August 1952) is a Yugoslav boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Right ...

(Yugoslavia) on points, 3–2 *Round of 16 Defeated

Georgi Stoymenov Georgi Stoimenov ( bg, Георги Стоименов; born 17 April 1952) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant ...

(Bulgaria) TKO 3 *Quarterfinal: Defeated

Juan Domingo Suarez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(Argentina) on points, 4–1 *Semifinal: Lost to Leon Spinks (United States) on points, 0–5

References

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at the official website of the Polish Olympic Committee 1948 births Living people People from Tomaszów Mazowiecki County Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship Polish male boxers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub