Tadeusz Walasek Explained

Tadeusz Walasek
Fullname:Tadeusz Walasek
Nationality:Polish
Weight Class:Middleweight
Club:Gwardia Warszawa (Nysa, Kłodzko)
Birth Date:1936 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Elżbiecin, Łomża County, Podlaskie
Weight:76kg (168lb)
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Tadeusz Walasek (15 July 1936 – 4 November 2011) was a Polish boxer.[1] [2] [3] He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1960 and a bronze in 1964, both in the middleweight division. In 1960 he lost the final bout to Eddie Crook by a narrow margin (2:3).[1] [4]

Walasek competed three times at the European Amateur Boxing Championships and won two silver medals, in 1957 in the light middleweight division[5] and in 1959 in the middleweight category,[6] and a gold medal in 1961 in the middleweight.[7]

He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1996.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZMARŁ TADEUSZ WALASEK. November 2011. Polski Związek Bokserski (Polish Boxing Association). Polish. 7 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425145006/http://www.pzb.com.pl/zmarl_tadeusz_walasek%2Cw%2C1767%2C96.html. 25 April 2012. dmy-all.
  2. News: Zmarł wicemistrz olimpijski w boksie Tadeusz Walasek . Polish Press Agency. 6 November 2011. Gazeta Wyborcza. Polish. 7 November 2011.
  3. http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Tadeusz_Walasek Tadeusz Walasek
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231317/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/tadeusz-walasek-1.html Tadeusz Walasek
  5. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1957.html 12th European Championships
  6. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1959.html 13th European Championships
  7. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1961.html 14th European Championships
  8. http://bokser.org/content/2009/11/13/025119/index.jsp Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award