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]
![]() Tadeusz Walasek (center) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tadeusz Walasek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-07-15)15 July 1936 Elżbiecin, Łomża County, Podlaskie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 November 2011(2011-11-04) (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gwardia Warszawa (Nysa, Kłodzko) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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