Paweł Ludwik Skrzecz (born 25 August 1957 in

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) is a retired

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from

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, who won the silver medal in the

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division (– 81 kg) at the

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. In the final he was beaten by Slobodan Kačar of

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. Two years later he won the silver medal at the

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Olympic results

Below are the results of Pawel Skrzecz, a Polish light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics: *Round of 16: Defeated Mohamed Bouchiche (Algeria) by walkover *Quarterfinal: Defeated Georgica Donici (Romania) by majority decision, 4–1 *Semifinal: Defeated Ricardo Rojas (Cuba) by split decision, 3–2 *Final: Lost to Slobodan Kačar (Yugoslavia) by majority decision, 1–4 (was awarded silver medal)

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