Kazimierz Wiesław Szczerba (born 4 March 1954 in

Ciężkowice Ciężkowice is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,444 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies in the ''Ciężkowice Foothills'', on the Biała river. The town is located on regional road nr. 977, it also has a ...

) is a Polish former amateur

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who won a Light Welterweight Bronze medal at the

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and a Welterweight Bronze medal 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 ...

.Olympic results
/ref> In 1976, Szczerba lost on points to eventual gold medal winner Sugar Ray Leonard of the United States. In 1980, he lost on points to

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of Uganda in the semifinals. *Defeated Kebede Sahilu (Ethiopia) 5–0 *Defeated Ionel Budusan (Romania) TKO 2 *Lost to

(Uganda) 2–3

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1954 births Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Living people Olympic medalists in boxing People from Tarnów County Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Polish male boxers Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers {{poland-Olympic-medalist-stub