Jerzy Adamski (boxer)

Jerzy Adamski (born March 14, 1937 in Sierpc , † December 6, 2002 in Bydgoszcz ) was a Polish featherweight boxer . He won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and was European champion in Lucerne in 1959 .

Career

Jerzy Adamsky, nicknamed “Jopek”, started boxing as a teenager at the Polonia Piła sports club . His first trainer was Karl Nadskakula. He later moved to Brda Bydgoszcz and to Start Bydgoszcz and Astoria Bydgoszcz . The then Polish national coach Feliks Stamm formed him into a world class boxer in the Polish national team from 1956.

Jerzy Adamski initially started in the bantamweight division, but soon switched to the featherweight division and, with a height of 1.71 meters, had very good qualifications. He was an excellent technician who could hit perfect right-left combinations. He also had very good footwork, was skillful and strong.

Jerzy Adamski was a locksmith and mechanic and worked for the Polish railways.

In 1956 he was the first Polish bantamweight champion. In 1957 he was used at the European Bantamweight Championships in Prague . He won there in his first fight over Pal Fekete from Hungary on points, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by a point defeat against Gianfranco Piovesani from Italy . He came in 5th place in the final accounts together with the three other losers from the quarter-finals.

1959 Jerzy Adamski became Polish featherweight champion. He won this title in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1964. At the European Championships in 1959 in Lucerne he started in featherweight and defeated Kalman Dubovszky, Hungary , by disqualification in the 2nd round and Sandro Lopopolo from Italy and Andre Juncker from France on points . In the final battle he defeated Peter Goschka from Hamburg with 4: 1 judges' votes on points and thus became European champion .

A year later he started at the Olympic Games in Rome in the featherweight division. Well prepared by Felik's line, he won there on points over Sumith Mohandas Liyanage from Ceylon , Shinetsu Suzuki from Japan , Ernst Chervet from Switzerland and William Meyers from South Africa . In the final he faced Francesco Musso from Italy . The Italian boxers had prepared intensively for the boxing tournament in Rome. This was also felt by Jerzy Adamski, because Musso defeated him on points. The silver medal remained for Jerzy Adamski , which was undoubtedly a great success for him.

At the European Championships in Belgrade in 1961 , Jerzy Adamski was not used. But he was once again at the start of the 1963 European Championship in Moscow . In Moscow he only needed one fight in which he defeated Paul Budde from the FRG on points to get to the semifinals, in which he was defeated by the Soviet athlete Stanislaw Stepanowitsch Stepaschkin in the 3rd round by technical knockout. At the end of his international career, he won another European Championship bronze medal .

In 1965 he finally resigned from boxing. He had contested 270 fights, with 237 wins, 10 draws and 23 losses.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Ba = bantam weight, Fe = feather weight, up to 54 kg or 57 kg body weight)

• 1957, 5th place , EM in Prague , Ba, with a victory over Pal Fekete, Hungary a . a point loss to Gianfranco Piovesani, Italy ;
• 1959, 1st place , EM in Lucerne , Fe, with victories over Kalman Dubovszky, Hungary, Sandro Lopopolo , Italy, Andre Juncker, France and Peter Goschka , FRG ;
• 1960, silver medal , OS in Rome , Fe, with victories over Sumith Mohandas Liyanage, Ceylon , Shinetsu Suzuki, Japan , Ernst Chervet , Switzerland a . William Meyers, South Africa a . a loss to Francesco Musso , Italy;
• 1963, 3rd place , EM in Moscow , Fe, with a victory over Paul Budde , FRG a . a loss to Stanislav Stepanowitsch Stepashkin , USSR ;

Polish championships

• 1956, 1st place, Ba,
• 1959, 1st place, Fe,
• 1960, 1st place, Fe, with a point win in the final over Andrzej Kaminski,
• 1961, 1st place, Fe, with a point victory (3: 2 judges' votes) in the final over Jaroslaw Kulesza,
• 1962, 1st place, Fe, with a point win in the final over Piotr Gutman ,
• 1964, 1st place, Fe, with a point win in the final over Piotr Gutman

International battles

• 1956 in Rzeszów , Poland against Hungary (juniors), Ba, points winner over Janos Toth,
• 1956 in Poznań , Poland against FRG , Ba, points winner over Manfred Hahner,
• 1956 in Bucharest , Romania against Poland (juniors), Ba, points winner over Andrei Farkas,
• 1956 in Warsaw , Poland against England , Ba, points winner over Don Weller,
• 1956 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia against Poland, Ba, draw against Miodrag Mitrovic,
• 1956 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia against Poland, Ba, points winner over Jevtic,
• 1957 in Dortmund , Germany against Poland, Ba, points winner over Peter Goschka ,
• 1958 in Wrocław , Poland against Hungary, Fe, points winner over Kalman Dubovszky,
• 1959 in Essen , Germany against Poland, Fe, point winner over Manfred Hahner,
• 1959 in Wrocław, Poland against Yugoslavia, Fe, points winner over Rudolf Toth,
• 1959 in Glasgow , Scotland against Poland, Fe, points winner over Andy Stewart,
• 1960 in Lodz , Poland against FRG, Fe, point winner over Rolf Johannesson,
• 1960 in Gdańsk , Poland against GDR, Fe, points winner over Horst Stöpel,
• 1961 in Warsaw, Poland against Japan , Fe, points winner over Mamuru Hayashi,
• 1961 in Berlin (East), GDR against Poland, Fe, point defeat against Heinz Schulz ,
• 1961 in Budapest , Hungary against Poland, Fe, points winner over Lajos Baranyi,
• 1962 in Munich , FRG against Poland, Fe, points winner over Manfred Maehs ,
• 1962 in Stettin , Poland against Ghana , Fe, points winner over Aaron Popoola,
• 1962 in Warsaw, Poland against GDR, Fe, point defeat against Heinz Schulz,
• 1962 in Lodz, Poland against Hungary, Fe, points winner over Janos Kallai,
• 1963 in Lodz, Poland against Romania, Fe, points winner over Andrei Olteanu,
• 1963 in Tokyo , Japan against Poland, Fe, techn. KO winner 3rd round over Mamuru Hayashi,
• 1963 in Takaoka , Japan against Poland, Fe, points winner over Taito,
• 1964 in Stuttgart , Germany against Poland, Fe, points winner over Jürgen Nobis,
• 1964 in Ravensburg , FRG against Poland, Fe, points winner over Marten,
• 1964 in London , England against Poland, Fe, point defeat against John Russell,
• 1964 in Westward Ho , England against Poland, Fe, points winner over Jimmy Isaac

swell

• Box Sport magazine ,
• Website "pl.wikipedia.org",
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "www.pkol.pl"

Web links

• - 12k - Portrait of Jerzy Adamski in Polish ( Memento from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )