Leszek Błażyński was a boxer

Boxing

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 from Poland

Poland

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, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight

Flyweight

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 (– 51 kg) division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972

1972 Summer Olympics

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, when Munich

Munich

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 hosted the Games. Four years later in Montreal

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, he once again captured the bronze, after a loss in the semifinals against eventual winner Leo Randolph

Leo Randolph

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 of the United States

United States

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. Błażyński committed suicide in 1992, aged 43.

Olympic results

1972

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Chander Narayanan (India) 3-2
• Defeated Arturo Delgado (Mexico) 5-0
• Defeated You Man-Chong (South Korea) 3-2
• Lost to Georgi Kostadinov
  Georgi Kostadinov
  Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...
  
   (Bulgaria) 0-5

1976

• Defeated Antonio Filho (Brazil) KO 2
• Defeated Fazlija Sacirović (Yugoslavia) 3-2
• Defeated Alfredo Pérez
  Alfredo Pérez
  Alfredo Pérez is a retired Venezuelan boxer. He competed for his South American nation at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he was defeated in the Men's Flyweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medal winner Leszek Błażyński...
  
   (Venezuela) 3-2
• Lost to Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph is a former American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:Randolph had an outstanding amateur career...
  
  (United States) 1-4