Józef Grudzień

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Józef Grudzień (born April 1, 1939 in Piasek Wielki near Busko-Zdrój ; † June 17, 2017 ) was a Polish boxer . He became an Olympic lightweight champion in 1964 .

Career

Józef Grudzień started boxing as a teenager in 1952. After joining the Polish People's Army , he became a member of Legia Warsaw . His coach there was Stanisław Wasilewski.

He first drew attention to himself in 1960 when he reached the final against Kazimierz Paździor at the Polish championship in the seniors and was only slightly defeated on points. Paździor was after all in the same year in Rome Olympic champion in the lightweight.

In 1961 and 1962 he did not appear. But after he convinced in some international matches in 1963, he was nominated by state coach Feliks Stamm for the European championship of that year in Moscow . He won there in the lightweight against the Englishman Benny O'Sullivan, but lost in the quarter-finals to János Kajdi from Hungary and was eliminated without winning a medal. In the same year he won the 4th Championship of the Armies of the States of the Warsaw Pact (SKDA Championship) in Łódź in the lightweight final over Yan Yu Ok from North Korea on points.

In 1964 he started for Poland at the Olympic Games in Tokyo . He was in excellent shape there and won successively over Tauno Halonen from Finland , Alex Oundo from Kenya , Stojan Pilichew from Bulgaria and in the semifinals over Ronald Harris from the United States on points. So he had reached the final against the Soviet athlete Wilikton Barannikow . In this final he clearly won 5-0 judges' votes and thus became Olympic champion .

At the European Championships in Berlin (East) in 1965 , Józef Grudzień did not succeed in becoming European champion . After three wins he met Wilikton Barannikow again in the final; this time won on points. Józef Grudzień had to be satisfied with the runner-up European title.

In 1966 there were no international championships. At the 5th SKDA championship in Budapest he won again in the lightweight. He beat the strong Hungarian Laszlo Gula on points in the final . In 1967, Józef Grudzień also succeeded in becoming European champion in Rome . It took him five wins. He beat Piet Doorenbusch from the Netherlands, Kari Meronen from Finland, Enzo Petriglia from Italy, Laszlo Gula and in the final Zvonimir Vujin from Yugoslavia on points.

Józef Grudzień also fought his way through to the finals at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , winning over Ho She Yun, Taipei , Roberto Caminero, Cuba , Anthony Quinn, Ireland , Enzo Petriglia and Zvonimir Vujin. In this he met Ronald Harris, whom he had defeated four years ago in Tokyo in the semi-finals. Ronald Harris took revenge in Mexico City. He retained the upper hand over Józef Grudzień on points and referred him to the silver place.

Józef Grudzień started after his second place in the Polish championships in 1960 only again in these championships in 1965. He won the final that year over Antoni Dasal on points. He was also Polish lightweight champion in 1967 and 1968.

In international matches, Józef Grudzień represented the Polish colors twenty-two times. He celebrated 18 victories. He boxed six times against German opponents and was victorious five times. Only Wolfgang Schmidt from Mainz managed a draw against Józef Grudzień in 1964.

Józef Grudzień was an officer in the Polish army. After leaving the army, he worked as a designer for a Warsaw company.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, then up to 60 kg body weight)

Polish championships

(Final results in each lightweight)

  • 1960, point defeat against Kazimierz Paździor ,
  • 1965, points winner over Antoni Dasal,
  • 1967, points winner over Ryszard Petek ,
  • 1968, points winner over Ryszard Marciniak

International battles

  • 1960 in Danzig , Poland against GDR , Le, point winner over Horst Münchau,
  • 1963 in Bucharest , Romania against Poland, Le, point defeat against Florea Pătrașcu,
  • 1963 in Łódź , Poland against Romania, Le, points winner over Florea Pătrașcu,
  • 1963 in Poznan , Poland against GDR, Le, points winner over Hans Bittmann,
  • 1963 in Łódź, Poland against the Soviet Union , Le, points winner over Boris Nikanorow ,
  • 1964 in Moscow , Soviet Union against Poland, Le, points winner over Wilikton Barannikow ,
  • 1964 in Stuttgart , Germany against Poland, Le, draw against Wolfgang Schmidt ,
  • 1964 in London , England against Poland, Le, points winner over Johnny Eales,
  • 1964 in Westward, England against Poland, Le, points winner over Benny O'Sullivan,
  • 1965 in Glasgow , Scotland against Poland, Le, points winner over Hugh Baxter,
  • 1965 in Dublin , Ireland against Poland, Le, point defeat against James McCourt ,
  • 1965 in Łódź, Poland against FRG, Le, 3rd round demolition winner over Norbert Wilhelmus,
  • 1966 in Breslau , Poland against Czechoslovakia , Le, points winner over Frantisek Nemecek,
  • 1966 in Warsaw, Poland against Bulgaria , Le, points winner over Stojan Pilichew,
  • 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland against Poland, Le, points winner over B. Mitchell,
  • 1967 in Kiel , FRG against Poland, Le, point winner over Ulrich Seemann,
  • 1967 in Warsaw, Poland against FRG, Le, points winner over Peter Fambach,
  • 1967 in Vitry, France against Poland, Le, points winner over Thouin,
  • 1967 in Longwy , France against Poland, Le, points winner over Domenique Azzaro,
  • 1968 in Warsaw, Poland against Tunisia , points winner over Mongi Hedjili

swell

  • Box Sport trade magazine from 1960 to 1968,
  • Box Almanach 1920–1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association e. V., 1980,
  • Website of sport-komplett.de,
  • Website of amateur-boxing.strefa.pl

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andrzej Kostyra: Zmarł Józef Grudzień. In: sport.pl. Agora SA, June 17, 2017, accessed June 18, 2017 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Grudzień, Józef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Piasek Wielki , Poland
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 2017