Leszek Błażyński’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Polish boxer
Was Athlete 
Boxer 
From Poland 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 5 March 1949, Ełk, Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Death 6 August 1992, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
(aged 43 years)
Star sign Pisces

Leszek Błażyński (5 March 1949 in Ełk, Warmińsko-Mazurskie – 6 August 1992 in Katowice, Śląskie) was a Polish boxer who twice won the bronze medal in the men’s flyweight (– 51 kg) division at the Summer Olympics.

He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games. Four years later in Montreal, he once again captured the bronze, after a loss in the semifinals against eventual winner Leo Randolph of the United States. 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 (Bulgaria) 0-5

1976

  • Defeated Antonio Filho (Brazil) KO 2
  • Defeated Fazlija Sacirović (Yugoslavia) 3-2
  • Defeated Alfredo Pérez (Venezuela) 3-2
  • Lost to Leo Randolph (United States) 1-4
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