Tadeusz Walasek

Tadeusz Walasek

Tadeusz Walasek (center) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Tadeusz Walasek
Nationality	Poland
Born	15 July 1936 Elżbiecin, Łomża County, Podlaskie
Died	4 November 2011 (aged 75)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Middleweight
Club	Nysa Kłodzko Gwardia Warszawa
Medal record Competitor for  Poland Olympic Games 1960 Rome Middleweight 1964 Tokyo Middleweight European Amateur Championships 1957 Prague Light middleweight 1959 Lucerne Middleweight 1961 Belgrade Middleweight

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]

References

1. "ZMARŁ TADEUSZ WALASEK" (in Polish). Polski Związek Bokserski (Polish Boxing Association). November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
2. Polish Press Agency (6 November 2011). "Zmarł wicemistrz olimpijski w boksie Tadeusz Walasek" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
3. Tadeusz Walasek. Boxrec.com (7 October 2008). Retrieved on 2015-06-16.
4. Tadeusz Walasek. sports-reference. Retrieved on 16 June 2015.
5. 12th European Championships. Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved on 16 June 2015.
6. 13th European Championships. Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved on 16 June 2015.
7. 14th European Championships. Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved on 16 June 2015.
8. Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award. Bokser.org (13 November 2009). Retrieved on 2015-06-16.