Franciszek Szymura | |
Nationality: | Polish |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1912 |
Birth Place: | Dortmund, Germany |
Death Date: | 18 May 1985 (aged 73) |
Death Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
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Franciszek Szymura (7 December 1912 – 18 May 1985) was a Polish boxer who competed four times in the European Amateur Boxing Championships (1937, 1939, 1947, and 1949) and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won twice the silver medal in the 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan and the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Dublin, lost twice by Luigi Musina,[2] the upcoming professional European champion (1942–1947).[3] At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Light heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Mauro Cia.
He was also a basketball player and represented Poland at the EuroBasket 1946.