Henryk Nowara

The Polish boxing team in the international match against Finland on October 25, 1950. Nowara is third from the left

Henryk Nowara (born June 14, 1924 in Wielke Hajduki , now Chorzów Batory, † November 28, 2001 in Chorzów Batory ), nickname "Hajna", was a boxer and boxing trainer as well as a multiple Olympic participant.

Life

Henryk Nowara gained his first experience with boxing before the Second World War (1935–1939). During the war he was drafted into the Wehrmacht , where he completed a few boxing matches. Between 1946 and 1958 Henryk Nowara fought as an active boxer for the Polish Boxing Federation. In 1961 he reached the rank of first class coach and then worked as a coach in Poland , Mexico , Finland and Sweden . After retiring from boxing, he lived in Chorzów Batory and Bochum . Henryk Nowara died of arteriosclerosis .

2007, a place in Chorzów Batory after it was named Plac Olimpijczyka Henryka Nowary / Square Olympioniken Henryk Nowara - 50 ° 16 '32.9 "  N , 18 ° 56' 9.5"  O .

Services

• Two-time Polish middleweight champion .
• Two times Polish middleweight and light heavyweight runners -up .
• Participation in the 1952 Summer Olympics .
• Fought 347 fights (314 won, 27 lost and 6 drawn).
• Two gold and two bronze medals as coach of the Mexican Olympic team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City .
• Six medals as coach of the Polish team at the European Boxing Championships in Madrid .
• One gold, one silver and two bronze medals as coach of the Polish team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .

Web links

• Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics (English)
• Boxe nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1952 in the Portuguese language Wikipedia
• Polski Portal Olimpijski PKOl - Polish Olympic Portal (Polish)
• Great Trainer (Polish)
• Integrantesde la delegación Mexicana a los jueas ólímpicos de verano de Mexico 1968 (Spanish)

literature

• Zbigniew Kapała (red.): Zeszyty Chorzowskie , t. 6 (Polish); see: Herder Institute - Literature Database History of East Central Europe (international)