Janusz Gortat (born November 5, 1948 in Brzozów

Brzozów, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County

Brzozów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rzeczyca, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Rzeczyca, north-east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and east of the regional capital Łódź.The village has a population of...

) is a retired boxer

Boxing

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 from Poland

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972

Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...

. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

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 division (– 75 kg), in 1976 (Montreal

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) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks

Leon Spinks

Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...

 of the United States

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. Father of basketball

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 player Marcin Gortat

Marcin Gortat

Marcin Gortat, pronounced "MAHR-cheen GOR-taht" , also known as the Polish Hammer, is a Polish professional basketball player who plays the center position for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. The 6'11", 240 pound power forward/center is the son of boxer Janusz Gortat...

 of the Phoenix Suns

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 and boxer Robert Gortat.

Olympic results

1972

• Defeated Jaroslav Kral (Czechoslovakia) 5-0
• Defeated Raymond Russell
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   (United States) 3-2
• Defeated Rudi Hornig (West Germany) KO 1
• Lost to Mate Parlov
  Mate Parlov
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   (Yugoslavia) 0-5

1976

• Defeated Miloslav Popović (Yugoslavia) 3-2
• Defeated Georgi Stoymenov (Bulgaria) TKO 3
• Defeated Juan Domingo Suarez (Argentina) 4-1
• Lost to Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
  
  (United States) 0-5