Zbigniew PIETRZYKOWSKI
"
Piskorz"
(81 kg)
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Fecha de Nacimiento: 4 Octubre 1934.
Lugar de Nacimiento: Bestwinka, Polonia.

Boxeador aficionado de 1950 a 1968.
Récord Amateur: 351 victorias, 2 empates, 14 derrotas.

Once veces campeón de Polonia entre 1954 y 1965.
Tetracampeón europeo (Berlín 1955 - Praga 1957 - Lucerna 1959 - Moscú 1963).
Triple medallista olímpico (Bronce Melbourne 1956 - Plata Roma 1960 - Bronce Tokio 1964)

The son of two teachers, Eugeniusz and Jadwiga Pietrzykowski. He completed Food Processing Vocational High School (1953). Started to practise sports at 16. He received an immense gift from God - the excellent physique. He was tall, strong, perfectly fit, and the lightning blow to end any fight. He was said to have dynamite in his fists, he won many bouts through KOs, but he was also famous for his chivalry and not taking unfair advantage over his opponents, who sometimes would throw in the towel sooner rather than later, as if accepting the inevitable defeat.

Zbigniew wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Wiktor, with whom he was frequenting the gym, whom he was watching and trying to emulate.

His first trainer was Ernest Rademacher, later supplanted by J. Kolonko, Antoni Zygmunt, Feliks Stamm and Pawel Szydlo. He boxed for the amateur teams of BBTS Bielsko (1951-1954), Legia Warsaw (1955-1956 - during obligatory military service), and BBTS again (1957-1968). At the very start of his career in Polish boxing he had to face two great rivals (Leszek Leiss, to whom he even lost twice, and Jerzy Krawczyk), but Feliks Stamm (the one to call him "Piskorz") put great trust into this 19-year old boy, including him in the national team for the European championships in Warsaw (1953). Thus it was that the grand master of Polish boxing started his career, often compared to the record achievements of Laszlo Papp or Teofilo Stevenson. Pietrzykowski was the champion of Poland 11 times (absolute national record): in light middleweight (1954-1957), light heavyweight (1959-1965); and three-time team champion: with CWKS Legia (1954/55 and 1955/56) and BBTS Bielsko-Bia³a (1959-1960). It's worth mentioning another of his record achievements in history of Polish boxing: from 1953 to 1966 he represented Poland 44 times in duals (results - 42-2). Another of his records is participation in five European championships, leading to four champion titles and one bronze medal, that one won in his debut in Warsaw (1953), where after winning two fights with dangerous opponents he lost to Bruce Wells (GBR), who not only won the championships, but also received the prestigious award for the best boxer of the tournament. The gold medals Zbigniew won in: West Berlin (1955) after defeating Karlos Djanerian (USSR) in final fight (light middleweight); Prague (1957), where in middleweight finals he overcame

Yugoslavian boxer Dragoslav Jakovljevic, whom Zbigniew considered the most difficult opponent he faced in his whole career; Lucerne (1959), where in the last fight to his immense satisfaction he won over Olympic Games silver-medallist Gheorghe Negrea by KO-in round 2; finally Moscow (1963). Here in the final fight he won over another very dangerous opponent, Dan Pozniak (USSR).

Zbigniew also had a colourful Olympic career, but on his way to the gold medal he was always stopped by the most brilliant fighters in post-WWII amateur boxing (Laszlo Papp and Cassius Clay), as well as other factors such as: artificial weight limits (he had to limit his food and drink intake for many weeks to keep the weight) and, especially important for Zbigniew, insufficient stamina due to the fact that in Poland he rarely had to fight for more than 2 rounds due to his almost constant supremacy, often gaining points without having to fight at all (one more record in his collection: of 136 bouts in his Polish league career, he won... all 136!).

British journalist John Cottrell described the bout against Clay:

«In the first round, it seemed that Clay would be badly mauled. He was confused by his opponent's southpaw style, took some heavy punishment, and once showed his inexperience by closing his eyes in the face of a barrage of blows. Clay managed to keep out of trouble in the second round, and in the last minute he abandoned his show-off style with the fancy footwork and dropped hands, and stood his ground to throw four hard rights to the head. Even so, he was still behind on points at this crucial stage. "I knew," he explained afterwards, "that I had to take the third round big to win."

"Clay did finish big. In that final round he suddenly found his top form, moving in and out with expert judgment, punching crisply and with perfect timing. This sharper, better coordinated Clay stormed back with a torrent of combination punching that left Pietrzykowski dazed. He no longer relied too much on his left jab, but made equal use of his right to penetrate the southpaw's guard. Ripping into the stamina-lacking Pole, he drew blood and came preciously close to scoring a knock-out. At the final bell, Pietrzykowski was slumped helplessly against the ropes. There was no doubting the verdict. All the judges made Clay the points winner.»

Officially he left the ring on February 10, 1968. After the end of his boxing career, he trained boxers for the teams of BBTS, GKS Katowice, and Wisla Cracow). He was awarded many state decorations. He was a member of Polish Parliament (1993-1997, vice-chairman of the Sports Committee), which he termed jokingly his fifth title as European champion. As a member of Polish Olympic Committee he actively worked towards propagating the olympic ideals, recalling his experiences in thousands of meetings with Polish youths. He's married to Halina Kubeczka, with two daughters: Jolanta and Dorota. He still lives in Bielsko-Biala. 

Palmarés Amateur de Zbigniew Pietrzykowski:

Fecha Lugar Oponente Resultado Categoría Evento

1950

enero 1950 POL Zbigniew OLINGER (POL) W kg debut

1951

1951 POL SZUKAJ (POL) L-3 kg -
1951 POL SPALEK (POL) L-3 kg -
1951 POL LUKS (POL) L-3 kg -
1951 POL BETCHER (POL) L-3 kg

-

1952

1952 POL HECHT (POL) L-3

kg

-

1952 POL Leszek LEISS (POL) L-3

71 kg

Campeonato Nacional Polaco ?

1953

1953 POL Leszek LEISS (POL) L-3 71 kg Campeonato Nacional Polaco ?
mayo 1953 Varsovia, POL Ivica PAVLIC (YUG) W-3 71 kg X Campeonato Europeo
mayo 1953 Varsovia, POL Neascu SERBU (YUG) W-3 71 kg X Campeonato Europeo
mayo 1953 Varsovia, POL Bruce WELLS (ING) L-3 - Bronce 71 kg X Campeonato Europeo
8 noviembre 1953 Helsinki, FIN Pentti KONTULA (FIN) W-3 71 kg Finlandia vs. Polonia
1953 - Gleb TOLSTIKOV (URS) L-3 71 kg -

1954

24 enero 1954 Budapest, HUN Laszlo PAPP (HUN) L-3 71 kg Hungría vs. Polonia
21 marzo 1954 Varsovia, POL VAN HOUCKE (BEL) RET-2 71 kg Polonia vs. Bélgica
25 abril 1954 Wroclaw, POL Hans GESERICK (RDA) KOT-2 71 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Oriental
1954 POL Jerzy KRAWCZYK (POL) ? W - Oro 71 kg Campeonato Nacional Polaco
septiembre 1954 Sofía, BUL Wasil KOSTOV (BUL) W-3 71 kg Bulgaria vs. Polonia
18 septiembre 1954 Sofía, BUL Gleb TOLSTIKOV (URS) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Unión Soviética
21 septiembre 1954 Sofía, BUL Istvan RADULY (HUN) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Hungría
26 noviembre 1954 París, FRA Hippolyte ANNEX (FRA) KOT-2 71 kg Francia vs. Polonia
30 noviembre 1954 Antwerp, BEL VAN DE VELDE (BEL) W-3 71 kg Bélgica vs. Polonia
6 diciembre 1954 Katowice, POL Veijo ALHO (FIN) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Finlandia

1955

1955 POL (POL) W - Oro 71 kg Campeonato Nacional Polaco
mayo 1955 Berlín, RFA Max RESCH (RFA) W-3 71 kg XI Campeonato Europeo
mayo 1955 Berlín, RFA Bernard FOSTER (ING) W-3 71 kg XI Campeonato Europeo
junio 1955 Berlín, RFA Marcel PIGOU (FRA) W-3 71 kg XI Campeonato Europeo
junio 1955 Berlín, RFA Karlos DZANERIAN (URS) W-3 - Oro 71 kg Gana XI Campeonato Europeo
23 octubre 1955 Varsovia, POL Nikola POPOVIC (YUG) W-3 75 kg Polonia vs. Yugoslavia
20 noviembre 1955 Praga, CHE Bedrich KOUTNY (CHE) L-3 75 kg Checoslovaquia vs. Polonia
4 diciembre 1955 Helsinki, FIN Heikki JUNTIKKA (FIN) W-3 71 kg Finlandia vs. Polonia
1955 - Martin KUCHTA (CHE) KO-1 71 kg -

1956

29 enero 1956 Nowa Huta, POL Laszlo CSISZAR (HUN) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Hungría
19 febrero 1956 Varsovia, POL Fritz BOETCHER (RFA) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Federal
1956 POL (POL) W - Oro 71 kg Campeonato Nacional Polaco
6 mayo 1956 Varsovia, POL Terry COLLINS (ING) W-3 71 kg Polonia vs. Inglaterra
8 septiembre 1956 Varsovia, POL B. BOUHIZEN (HOL) W-3 (3-0) 71 kg Copa Varsovia
9 septiembre 1956 Varsovia, POL Laszlo PAPP (HUN) KOT-2 - Oro 71 kg Copa Varsovia
noviembre 1956 Melbourne, AUS Richard KARPOV (URS) W-3 71 kg XVI Juegos Olímpicos
noviembre 1956 Melbourne, AUS Boris NIKOLOV (BUL) W-3 71 kg XVI Juegos Olímpicos
30 noviembre 1956 Melbourne, AUS Laszlo PAPP (HUN) L-3 - Bronce 71 kg XVI Juegos Olímpicos

1957

1957 POL (POL) W - Oro 75 kg Campeonato Nacional Polaco
14 abril 1957 Varsovia, POL Vihtori MATINAHO (FIN) W-3 75 kg Polonia vs. Finlandia
28 mayo 1957 Praga, CHE Rudolf KUCHTA (CHE) RET-1 75 kg XII Campeonato Europeo
31 mayo 1957 Praga, CHE Paul NICKEL (RDA) W-3 (3-0) 75 kg XII Campeonato Europeo
2 junio 1957 Praga, CHE Dragoslav JAKOVLJEVIC (YUG) W-3 (3-2) - Oro 75 kg Gana XII Campeonato Europeo
20 noviembre 1957 Londres, ING Sid PARKINSON (ING) KO-1 75 kg Inglaterra vs. Polonia
23 noviembre 1957 Manchester, ING Fred ELDERFIELD (GBR) W-3 75 kg Gran Bretaña vs. Polonia

1958

23 junio 1958 Bydgoszcz, POL Nikola POPOVIC (YUG) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Yugoslavia
4 octubre 1958 Rostock, RDA Ulrich KRAUSE (RDA) KO-1 81 kg Alemania Oriental vs. Polonia
9 noviembre 1958 Wroclaw, POL Laszlo CZABAJSKI (HUN) KOT 1 81 kg Polonia vs. Hungría
23 noviembre 1958 Lodz, POL Tadeusz KLIS (POL) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg Torneo Internacional
25 noviembre 1958 Lodz, POL Zdzislaw JOZEFOWICZ (POL) KOT-3 - Oro 81 kg Torneo Internacional

1959

1959 POL (POL) W - Oro 81 kg XXX Campeonato Nacional Polaco
8 febrero 1959 Essen, RFA Willi KOPISCHKE (RFA) W-3 81 kg Alemania Federal vs. Polonia
22 febrero 1959 Zagreb, YUG Ahmed BOGUNIC (YUG) W-3 81 kg Yugoslavia vs. Polonia
24 febrero 1959 Lublana, YUG SUTOVIC (YUG) W 81 kg Yugoslavia vs. Polonia
24 mayo 1959 Lucerna, SUI Peter STANKOV (BUL) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XIII Campeonato Europeo
27 mayo 1959 Lucerna, SUI Gilles VAN DER VELDEN (HOL) KO-1 81 kg XIII Campeonato Europeo
30 mayo 1959 Lucerna, SUI Lev SIENKIN (URS) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XIII Campeonato Europeo
31 mayo 1959 Lucerna, SUI Gheorghe NEGREA (RUM) KOT-2 - Oro 81 kg Gana XIII Campeonato Europeo
17 septiembre 1959 Glasgow, ESC Alf BARKER (ESC) KOT-1 81 kg Escocia vs. Polonia

1960

enero 1960 Poznan, POL Zdzislaw JOSEFOWICZ (POL) W 81 kg Torneo Tribuna Ludum
febrero 1960 Katowice, POL GRZOMBA (POL) RET-1 81 kg Katowice vs Wroclav
abril 1960 Wroclaw, POL KOROLEWICZ (POL) RET-2 81 kg Torneo de Ciudades
10 abril 1960 Lodz, POL Kurt STROER (RFA) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Federal
mayo 1960 Varsovia, POL PISARCZYK (POL) KOT-1 81 kg XXXI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
mayo 1960 Varsovia, POL Josef KOROLEWICZ (POL) W-3 81 kg XXXI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
22 mayo 1960 Varsovia, POL Zdzislaw JOZEFOWICK (POL) W-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
28 agosto 1960 Roma, ITA Carl CRAWFORD (GUY) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XVII Juegos Olímpicos
30 agosto 1960 Roma, ITA Emil WILER (RFA) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XVII Juegos Olímpicos
1 septiembre 1960 Roma, ITA Petar SPASOV (BUL) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XVII Juegos Olímpicos
3 septiembre 1960 Roma, ITA Giulio SARAUDI (ITA) W-3 (4-1) 81 kg XVII Juegos Olímpicos
5 septiembre 1960 Roma, ITA Cassius CLAY (USA) L-3 (0-5) - Plata 81 kg XVII Juegos Olímpicos
30 octubre 1960 Gdansk, POL Rolf DANIELCZYK (RDA) KO-1 81 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Oriental

1961

abril 1961 Wroclaw, POL KUZMINCZUK (POL) KOT-1 81 kg XXXII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
abril 1961 Wroclaw, POL Janusz PILEWSKI (POL) KOT-2 81 kg XXXII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
abril 1961 Wroclaw, POL Henrik SERWAN (POL) W-3 81 kg XXXII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
23 abril 1961 Wroclaw, POL Zdzislaw JOZEFOWICZ (POL) W-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
agosto 1961 Lodz, POL MANTHAI (RDA) RET-2 81 kg Guardia Lodz vs Traktor Schwerin
6 octubre 1961 Berlín, RDA Ulrich KRAUSE (RDA) W-3 81 kg Alemania Oriental vs. Polonia
octubre 1961 Londres, ING POLLARD (ING) W-3 81 kg Londres vs Silesia
noviembre 1961 Katowice, POL NEUMANN (RDA) KOT-3 81 kg Silesia vs Magdeburgo
27 noviembre 1961 Lodz, POL Ian CRAWFORD (ESC) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Escocia
10 diciembre 1961 Budapest, HUN Erno SZENASI (HUN) W-3 81 kg Hungría vs. Polonia

1962

marzo 1962 Rzeszow, POL LASKOWSKI (POL) KOT-2 81 kg XXXIII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
marzo 1962 Rzeszow, POL BIENIEK (POL) W-3 81 kg XXXIII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
marzo 1962 Rzeszow, POL Janusz PILEWSKI (POL) WO 81 kg XXXIII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
18 marzo 1962 Rzeszow, POL Tadeusz KUBACKI (POL) W-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXIII Campeonato Nacional Polaco
1962 - Boris GEORGIEW (BUL) W 81 kg Polonia vs. Bulgaria
14 octubre 1962 Wroclav, POL WITTKOWSKY (RDA) W-3 (3-0) 81 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Oriental
6 diciembre 1962 Lodz, POL Jozsef BENIGNI (HUN) RET-3 81 kg Hungría vs. Polonia

1963

17 marzo 1963 Lodz, POL Stefan COJAN (RUM) KO-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Rumanía
20 marzo 1963 Wroclav, POL Frantisek POLACEK (CHE) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Checoslovaquia
30 marzo 1963 Tokio, JAP IGARASI (JAP) W-3 81 kg  Japón vs Polonia
1963 - Ion MONEA (RUM) W DQ-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Rumanía
1963 - Kiril PANDOV (BUL) KOT-2 81 kg -
1963 - Dan POZNIAK (URS) KOT-2 81 kg -
mayo 1963 Moscú, URS Kiril PANDOV (BUL) W-3 81 kg XV Campeonato Europeo
mayo 1963 Moscú, URS Frantisek POLACEK (CHE) W-3 81 kg XV Campeonato Europeo
mayo 1963 Moscú, URS Dan POZNIAK (URS) W-3 - Oro 81 kg Gana XV Campeonato Europeo
julio 1963 Varsovia, POL KOSENA (POL) KOT-2 81 kg XXXIV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
julio 1963 Varsovia, POL Josef ZYGARLOWSKI (POL) W-3 81 kg XXXIV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
julio 1963 Varsovia, POL Tadeusz SLIWA (POL) WO 81 kg XXXIV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
julio 1963 Varsovia, POL Zdzislaw JOZEFOWICZ (POL) W-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXIV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
20 octubre 1963 Poznan, POL Hans J. BRAUSKE (RDA) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Oriental
8 noviembre 1963 Schwerin, RDA Jurgen SCHLEGEL (RDA) W-3 81 kg Alemania Oriental vs. Polonia
6 diciembre 1963 Wroclav, POL Kurt MORWINSKY (RFA) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Alemania Federal
20 diciembre 1963 Lodz, POL Dan POZNIAK (URS) W-3 (2-1) 81 kg Polonia vs. Unión Soviética

1964

julio 1964 Bydgoszcz, POL Henryk KASYNO (POL) WO 81 kg XXXV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
julio 1964 Bydgoszcz, POL Czeslaw PTAK (POL) KOT-3 81 kg XXXV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
julio 1964 Bydgoszcz, POL Stanislaw DRAGAN (POL) WO 81 kg XXXV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
12 julio 1964 Bydgoszcz, POL Zdzislaw JOZEFOWICZ (POL) W-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXV Campeonato Nacional Polaco
octubre 1964 Tokio, JAP Ronald HOLMES (JAM) DQ-2 81 kg XVIII Juegos Olímpicos
octubre 1964 Tokio, JAP Rafael GARGIULO (ARG) W-3 (5-0) 81 kg XVIII Juegos Olímpicos
octubre 1964 Tokio, JAP Alexei KISIELOV (URS) L-3 (1-4) - Bronce 81 kg XVIII Juegos Olímpicos
19 noviembre 1964 Londres, ING Ian LAWTHER (ING) W-3 81 kg Inglaterra vs Polonia
21 noviembre 1964 Westward, ING Ian LAWTHER (ING) W-3 81 kg Inglaterra vs Polonia

1965

abril 1965 Cracovia, POL KORKOSZ (POL) WO 81 kg XXXVI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
abril 1965 Cracovia, POL Zdzislaw MICHALAK (POL) KOT-1 81 kg XXXVI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
abril 1965 Cracovia, POL Czeslaw PTAK (POL) KOT-3 81 kg XXXVI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
abril 1965 Cracovia, POL Stanislaw DAGRAN (POL) RET-3 - Oro 81 kg XXXVI Campeonato Nacional Polaco
10 octubre 1965 Lodz, POL Ian LAWTHER (ING) KOT-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Inglaterra

1966

20 marzo 1966 Wroclav, POL Frantisek POLACEK (CHE) W-3 81 kg Polonia vs. Checoslovaquia

1968

10 febrero 1968 POL (POL) - 81 kg última pelea

REGRESO A PÁGINA DE INICIO

Nota: Éste palmarés está incompleto y puede ser inexacto.

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(Ultima actualización: May-08-2008)

Great thanks to Jaroslaw Drozd. Specials colaborations of Janusz Majtcher.

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