Feliks Stamm
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Felix Stamm (14 December 1901, Kościan
Koscian
Kościan is a town on the Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 24 059 inhabitants in June 2009. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Leszno Voivodeship , it is the capital of Kościan County...

 – 2 April 1976, Warsaw) was a prominent Polish boxing coach.

In 1923-1926, he was a boxer at the club Pentatlon in Poznan
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

. He rolled down 13 official fights (11 won, 1 drew, 1 loss) as well as about 30 show fights. Then he became a boxing coach (i.e. he helped foreign coaches to prepare Polish representatives to the first official interstate match Poland vs. Austria in 1928).

From 1932, he was a lecturer at Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw (today's Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw). In 1936, he became an independent coach of the Polish boxing national team. As a coach, he participated seven times in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 (from 1936 to 1968), and 14th times in European Amateur Boxing Championships
European Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...

. He was a tutor and coach of tens of prominent boxers, champions as well as Olympic and Europe medallists. To the most superb they belong: Mieczysław Forlański, Szapsel Rotholc
Szapsel Rotholc
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, Tadeusz Rogalski, Witold Majchrzycki
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, Edmund Sobkowiak
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, Franciszek Szymura
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, Henryk Chmielewski
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, Józef Pisarski
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, Aleksander Polus
Aleksander Polus
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, Antoni Czortek
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, Antoni Kolczyński
Antoni Kolczynski
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, Aleksy Antkiewicz
Aleksy Antkiewicz
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, Zygmunt Chychła, Zenon Stefaniuk
Zenon Stefaniuk
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, Leszek Drogosz
Leszek Drogosz
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, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski is a retired Polish boxer.Three times he took part in the Olympic Games, every time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the Light middleweight division, after losing in the semi-final to Hungarian László Papp...

, Tadeusz Walasek
Tadeusz Walasek
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, Kazimierz Paździor
Kazimierz Pazdzior
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, Jerzy Adamski
Jerzy Adamski
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, Józef Grudzień
Józef Grudzien
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, Jerzy Kulej
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, Marian Kasprzyk
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Marian Kasprzyk is a former Polish welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Kasprzyk won the Welterweight gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and the Bronze Medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics as a Light Welterweight.-Olympic results:1964*Defeated Misael Vilugron 3-2*Defeated Sikiru Alimi 5-0*Defeated...

, Jan Szczepański
Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
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