Józef Grudzień (born 1 April 1939, Piaski Wielkie near Busko-Zdrój

Busko-Zdrój

Busko-Zdrój is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Busko County. As of 2004, its population is 17,363.-History:...

) is a retired boxer from Poland.

He won two medals at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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: gold on in the Lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 division at Tokyo 1964 and silver at Mexico City 1968. He also twice won medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships

European Amateur Boxing Championships

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, silver at East Berlin 1965 and gold at Rome 1967.

He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1991.

Olympic results

1964

• Defeated Tauno Halonen (Finland) 4-1
• Defeated Alex Oundo (Kenya) 4-1
• Defeated Stoyan Pilitchev (Bulgaria) 5-0
• Defeated Ronnie Harris (United States) 4-1
• Defeated Velikton Barannikov
  Velikton Barannikov
  Velikton Barannikov was a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the lightweight event where he finished in second place.On November 29, 2007, he was killed in a traffic collision.-References:*...
  
  (Soviet Union) 5-0