Jerzy Kulej

Jerzy Kulej: Medal record

Jerzy Kulej

Men’s Boxing

Competitor for Poland

Olympic Games

Gold 1964 Tokyo Light Welterweight

Gold 1968 Mexico City Light Welterweight

European Amateur Championships

Gold 1963 Moscow Light Welterweight

Gold 1965 East Berlin Light Welterweight

Silver 1967 Rome Light Welterweight

Jerzy Kulej (born October 19, 1940 in Częstochowa, Poland) is a retired boxer and politician.

He twice won the gold medal in the Light welterweight division (<63.5 kg) at the Summer Olympics in 1964 and 1968.^[1] He also twice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Championships in 1963 and 1965, and he won the silver medal in 1967.^[2] Following his boxing career, he became an actor in Polish movies. In 1976 he appeared in the film Przepraszam, czy tu biją? directed by Marek Piwowski.^[3]

Kulej was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1995.^[4]

He has subsequently become a politician and is a member of the Social Democracy of Poland. He became a member of the Polish parliament (the Sejm) representing Warsaw in May 2001. He is currently a boxing commentator for Polish TV station Polsat Sport.

Olympic results

1964

1st round bye

Defeated Roberto Amaya (Argentina) 5-0

Defeated Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) 4-1

Defeated Iosif Mihalic (Romania) 4-1

Defeated Eddie Blay (Ghana) 5-0

Defeated Evgeni Frolov (Soviet Union) 5-0

1968

Quarterfinals - Defeated Peter Tiepold (East Germany) 3-2

Semifinals - Defeated Arto Nilsson (Finland) 5-0

Final - Defeated Enrique Requeiferos (Cuba) 3-2

v · d · eOlympic Boxing Champions in Men's Light Welterweight

1952–2000: 60–63.5 kg, 2004-2008: 60-64 kg

1952: Charles Adkins (USA) • 1956: Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) • 1960: Bohumil Němeček (TCH) • 1964–1968: Jerzy Kulej (POL) • 1972: Ray Seales (USA) • 1976: Ray Leonard (USA) • 1980: Patrizio Oliva (ITA) • 1984: Jerry Page (USA) • 1988: Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (URS) • 1992–1996: Héctor Vinent (CUB) • 2000: Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (UZB) • 2004: Manus Boonjumnong (THA) • 2008: Manuel Félix Díaz (DOM)

References

^ http://hubcit.sasktelwebsite.net/olympicgamesboxingresults.html

^ http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships.html

^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076575/fullcredits

^ http://bokser.org/content/2009/11/13/025119/index.jsp

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Medal record
Jerzy Kulej
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Poland
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Light Welterweight
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1963 Moscow	Light Welterweight
Gold	1965 East Berlin	Light Welterweight
Silver	1967 Rome	Light Welterweight

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Name	Kulej, Jerzy
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Date of birth	October 19, 1940
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