Tadeusz Walasek, Polish Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1964) medal-winning boxer, died he was 75.

Tadeusz Walasek  was a Polish boxer died he was 75.^[1][2][3]

^{(July 15, 1936 – November 4, 2011)}

He won a silver medal for Poland at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games in the men's middleweight division (165 lbs/75 kg). Walasek lost a 3-2 decision in the final to Eddie Crook of the United States. Walasek returned again at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal at middleweight.^[1][4]
Walasek participated thrice at the European Amateur Boxing Championships and won 3 medals: two silver medals at Prague 1957 in the Light middleweight division^[5] and at Lucerne 1959 in the Middleweight division,^[6] and a gold one at Belgrade 1961 in the Middleweight division.^[7]
He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1996.^[8]

Olympic results

1956 (as a welterweight)
Lost to Fred Tie
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