Jerzy Rybicki
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Montréal | Light Middleweight | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Middleweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | Belgrade 1978 | Light Middleweight | |
Jerzy Rybicki (born June 6, 1953 in Warsaw) is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after having defeated Yugoslavia's Tadija Kačar in the final.
Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, Rybicki captured the bronze medal in the middleweight category (– 75 kg). The same he did in 1978 at the second World Championships in Belgrade.
[edit] Olympic Results
1976
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Charles Walker (United States) 3-2
- Defeated Wilfredo Guzman (Puerto Rico) 5-0
- Defeated Viktor Savchenko (Soviet Union) 3-2
- Defeated Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 5-0
1980
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Tarmo Uusivirta (Finland) RSC 2
- Defeated Peter Odhiambo (Uganda) 5-0
- Lost to Viktor Savchenko (Soviet Union) stopped in 3rd round due to eye injury.
[edit] References
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