Wojciech Bartnik
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Wojciech Bartnik was a southpaw boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Poland
Poland
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, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal
Olympic medalists in boxing
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 at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
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Amateur career

  • 1992 – Bronze Medal (Light Heavyweight) at the Barcelona Olympic Games
    Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
    Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...

    • Defeated Alex Gonzales (Puerto Rico) points
    • Defeated Mohammed Benguesmia (Algeria) points
    • Defeated Angel Espinosa
      Angel Espinosa
      Ángel Espinosa Capó is a former Cuban amateur boxer best known to dominate the 1980s at junior middleweight and middleweight and capturing the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships...

       (Cuba) points
    • Lost to Torsten May
      Torsten May
      Torsten May was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:*1991 German National Light Heavyweight champion...

       (Germany) points
  • 1996 – Bronze Medal (Heavyweight) at European Amateur Boxing Championships
    1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.- Medal...

     in Vejle
    Vejle
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    , Denmark
    Denmark
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    • Defeated Gitas Juskevicius (Lithuania) points
    • Defeated Alexey Chudinov (Russia) retired
    • Lost to Luan Krasniqi
      Luan Krasniqi
      Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....

       (Germany) points
  • 1996 – Represented Poland (Heavyweight) at the Atlanta Olympic Games
    Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    -Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

    • Defeated Larha Singh (India) points
    • Lost to Georgi Kandelaki
      Georgi Kandelaki
      Georgi Kandelaki is a former boxer and current boxing administrator...

       (Georgia) points
  • 2000 – Represented Poland (Heavyweight) at the Sydney Olympic Games
    Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

    • Lost to Michael Bennett
      Michael Bennett (boxer)
      Michael Bennett is a former US-American boxer who won the amateur world championships in 1999 and represented the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division .-Amateur career:...

       (United States) points

Professional career

Bartnik began his professional career in 2001 and had limited success. His biggest fight was a points loss to Albert Sosnowski
Albert Sosnowski
Albert Dariusz Sosnowski is a Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Debut fight:...

 in 2004. Wojciech Bartnik's stats: 29 fights, 24 wins (9 by KO), 4 losses, 1 draw.

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