Józef Grudzień, Polish lightweight boxer, Died at 78

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Józef Grudzień was born on April 1, 1939, in Piasek Wielki, Poland and died on June 17, 2017.

He was a Polish boxer.

Grudzień won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight division at Tokyo 1964 and silver at Mexico City 1968.

Grudzień also twice won medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships, silver at East Berlin 1965 and gold at Rome 1967.

He won the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1991.

Józef Grudzień passed away at 78 years old.