Leszek Drogosz
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Leszek Drogosz (born January 6, 1933 in Kielce
) is a retired Polish boxer and actor.
He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships
in the Light welterweight
division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955, and in the Welterweight
division at Lucerne 1959. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, and Rome 1960. He won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics
in Rome.
He was eight time winner of the Polish Boxing Championship (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967).
Following his boxing career, he became an actor in Polish movies. He played in fifteen movies. In 1966 he has appeared in the film Bokser directed by Julian Dziedzina. He twice played in the movies directed by Andrzej Wajda - Hunting Flies
in 1969, and Landscape After the Battle
in 1970.
In 1988, he was chosen the best Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
1953 (no award rewarded in 1953) in a Plebiscite of the Sport Review.
He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1992.
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
) is a retired Polish boxer and actor.
He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships
European Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...
in the Light welterweight
Light welterweight
-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955, and in the Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division at Lucerne 1959. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, and Rome 1960. He won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
in Rome.
He was eight time winner of the Polish Boxing Championship (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967).
Following his boxing career, he became an actor in Polish movies. He played in fifteen movies. In 1966 he has appeared in the film Bokser directed by Julian Dziedzina. He twice played in the movies directed by Andrzej Wajda - Hunting Flies
Hunting Flies
Hunting Flies is a 1969 Polish comedy film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Zygmunt Malanowicz - Wlodek* Malgorzata Braunek - Irena* Ewa Skarzanka - Hanka, Wlodek's wife...
in 1969, and Landscape After the Battle
Landscape After the Battle
Landscape After the Battle is a 1970 drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Daniel Olbrychski; telling a story of a Nazi German concentration camp survivor soon after liberation, residing in a DP camp somewhere in Germany. It is based on the writings of Holocaust survivor and Polish...
in 1970.
In 1988, he was chosen the best Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
The Polish Sportspersonality of the Year is chosen annually since 1926 by the readers of the newspaper Przegląd Sportowy. Record holders are track and field athletes Irena Szewińska and Stanisława Walasiewicz and ski jumper Adam Małysz - four times each....
1953 (no award rewarded in 1953) in a Plebiscite of the Sport Review.
He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1992.