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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1953 Sokolniki Stare, Poland [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Bogdan Gajda (born 26 August 1953) is a Polish boxer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. [2] At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vassily Solomin of the Soviet Union. [2] At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to Shadrach Odhiambo of Sweden. [2]
Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.
Viktor Danilovich Saneyev was a Georgian triple jumper who competed internationally for the USSR. He won four Olympic medals – three golds and one silver (1980). Saneyev set the world record on three occasions. He was born in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR, trained in Sukhumi and Tbilisi, and died in Sydney.
Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won a bronze medal in the lightweight division, after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cuţov.
Poland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games, when they were forced to be part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Poland has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games.
Bogdan Brunon Wenta is a Polish politician and handball coach and former Polish and German handball player. He has been a member of the Poland men's national handball team in 1981–1994 and Germany men's national handball team in 1997–2000, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, five-time Polish Champion, and former head coach of Poland. He has been one of the best handball player in the history of Polish handball. Between 2014 and 2018 he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Polish Civic Platform. In 2018, he was elected as Mayor of Kielce, having run from his own committee with the endorsement of the Civic Platform.
Marian Krzysztof Kasprzyk is a former Polish welterweight boxer. He competed at three Olympic games, winning a gold and bronze medal.
Cleveland Denny was a Guyanese boxer.
Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak is a Polish modern pentathlete, Olympic champion and several times world champion.
Dănuț "Dan" Grecu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. In 1974 he became Romania’s first world champion in artistic gymnastics and was named Romanian Athlete of the Year. Grecu competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976; he had to withdraw from the 1980 Olympics due to a muscle tear sustained on the rings. In addition to his 1974 gold medal he won two world and two European medals on the rings. He retired due to injuries to his shoulder and biceps sustained in training while preparing to the 1980 Olympics.
Andrzej Supron is a Polish wrestler who completed for Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 68 kg (lightweight) event.
Grzegorz Józef Stellak was a Polish rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Adam Tomasiak is a Polish rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Czesław Lang is a Polish former road racing cyclist.
Kazimierz Lipień was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Poland. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed third, first and sixth, respectively. Between 1971 and 1979 he collected 12 medals at the world and European championships, including five gold medals. His twin brother Józef was also an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.
Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek was a Polish weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Bogdan Krzysztof Dziubiński is a former Polish ice hockey player. He played for the Poland men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Bogdan Grzejszczak is a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and he finished in 6th place. He also competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay and the Polish team finished in 4th place.
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