Henryk Jerzy Kukier was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 boxer.

He won the gold medal in the Flyweight

Flyweight

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 class at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 17 to May 24. The 10th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 117 fighters from 19 countries participating.-Medal winners:-Medal...

 in Warsaw, and the bronze medal at the 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating .-Medal...

 in West Berlin. Kukier was a Polish champion six times (1953–1957 and 1960). He competed thrice in the Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics was the final games with boxing as a male only event...

(1952, 1956, 1960). Between 1951 and 1960 he was on the Polish national team 35 times, winning 25 and losing 10.

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