Henryk Petrich
Henryk Petrich (born January 10, 1959 in Łódź ) is a former Polish boxer . Petrich was a silver medalist at the 1987 European Championships and the 1984 Friendship Competitions, as well as a bronze medalist at the 1986 World Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games .
Career
Petrich was Polish champion of the years 1983-1988, 1990 and 1991. In 1983 Petrich was middleweight silver medalist of the military championships of the Eastern Bloc countries, where he failed in the final at Henry Maske , GDR . The following year he was due to the Olympic boycott not to the 1984 Olympic Games to participate, but won at the competitions of friendship after beating Henry Maske (3: 2) and Ján Franek, Czech Republic (5: 0) and a final defeat by Bernardo Comas , Cuba (4: 1).
At the European Championships in 1985 Petrich was eliminated in the first fight against Lofti Ayed, Sweden (3-2). In the same year he won the gold medal at the military championships of the Eastern Bloc with a final victory over Julio Quintana Martínez , Cuba (5-0).
In 1986 Petrich started at the World Championships and won the bronze medal after victories over Zoltan Fuzesy, Hungary (5: 0), and Jose da Silva, Brazil (5: 0), and a semi-final defeat against Henry Maske. At the European Championships in 1987 he met Henry Maske in the final and had to admit defeat here too (5-0).
In 1986 and 1987 he won several times against eventual world champion Sven Ottke .
At the Olympic Games in 1988 Petrich started for the first time in an international light heavyweight championship and won the bronze medal. He beat Park Byun Jin, South Korea (RSC 2nd), Niels Madsen, Denmark (5: 0), and Ahmed Elnaggar, Egypt (5: 0) and lost in the semifinals to later Olympic champion Andrew Maynard , USA (AB 3rd) .
Petrich ended his career with another win at the Eastern Bloc Military Championships in 1989 and a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games in 1990.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrich, Henryk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |