Krzysztof Kazimierz Kosedowski (born December 12, 1960 in Tczew

Tczew

Tczew is a town on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 60,279 inhabitants . It is an important railway junction with a classification yard dating to the Prussian Eastern Railway...

) is a retired 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 won the bronze medal in the featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 division (– 57 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. In the semifinals he was beaten by eventual silver medalist Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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 after walk-over.

Kosedowski's brothers Dariusz Kosedowski and Leszek Kosedowski

Leszek Kosedowski

Leszek Marian Kosedowski is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

 also boxed for Poland in the Olympic games.

Kosedowski played in movie: Chłopaki nie płaczą

Chłopaki nie płaczą (film)

Chłopaki nie płaczą is a Polish movie directed by Olaf Lubaszenko. Shot between 9 June 1999 and 14 July 1999 on location in Warszawa and Jelenia Góra, the film premiered on 25 February 2000.- Cast :...

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Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Gu Young-Jo (North Korea) 5-0
• Defeated Dejan Marovic (Yugoslavia) 4-1
• Defeated Sydney dal Rovere (Brazil) 5-0
• Lost to Adolfo Horta
  Adolfo Horta
  Adolfo Horta is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
  
  (Cuba) walk-over