Kazimierz Pazdzior
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Kazimierz Paździor (March 4, 1935, Radom
– June 24, 2010, Wrocław) was a boxer
from Poland
, who competed in the Lightweight
division during his career as an amateur.
Paździor won twice the Lightweight Gold Medal – in the European Amateur Boxing Championships
at Prague 1957, and at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games
.
He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1990.
Radom
Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...
– June 24, 2010, Wrocław) was a 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
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, who competed 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 during his career as an amateur.
Paździor won twice the Lightweight Gold Medal – in the 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...
at Prague 1957, and at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games
Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States.-Medals:- Flyweight :-Quarterfinals:...
.
He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1990.