Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 October 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer. He took part in three

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, each time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at

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in the

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division, after losing in the semi-final to Hungarian

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. Four years later in

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, he reached the final of the light heavyweight division, where he lost to

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, who was 7 years younger. Finally, he won a bronze medal in

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in 1964, in the light heavyweight division (defeated by Soviet Aleksei Kiselyov). He participated five times at the

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and won five medals: a bronze in the

division in Warsaw 1953, and then four gold medals: in West Berlin (1955) in the light middleweight division, in Prague (1957) in the

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division, in Lucerne (1959), and in Moscow (1963) in the light heavyweight division. He won the championship of Poland 11 times: in the light middleweight division in 1954, 1955 and 1956, in the middleweight division in 1957 and in the light heavyweight division in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Pietrzykowski was also a champion in relation to his performances in the national Polish team fighting 44 bouts, winning 42 of them and losing twice. In his career, he fought 350 bouts winning 334 of them, drawing 2 and losing 14. Pietrzykowski was the first winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award in 1986.

1956 Olympic results

* Round of 16: defeated

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(Soviet Union) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Boris Nikolov (Bulgaria) on points * Semifinal: lost to Laszlo Papp (Hungary) on points (was awarded bronze medal)

1960 Olympic results

* Round of 32: defeated

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(British Guiana) on points, 5-0 * Round of 16: defeated

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(Germany) on points, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated

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(Bulgaria) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: defeated

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(then known as Cassius Clay) (USA) on points, 0-5 (was awarded the silver medal)

1964 Olympic results

* Round one: bye * Round two: defeated

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(Jamaica) disqualified * Quarterfinal: defeated Rafael Gargiulo (Argentina) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: lost to Aleksei Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

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