Aleksy Antkiewicz

Aleksy Antkiewicz ( born November 12, 1923 in Nowe Miasto Katlewo at Lubawskie, † April 3, 2005 in Gdańsk ) was a Polish boxer. He was winner of a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, and a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the spring or lightweight.

Career

Antkiewicz came at the age of three years with his parents to Gdynia ( Gdynia ). There he began in 1938 at the Sports Club Belekitni Gdynia with the boxes and moved a year later to WKS Flota Gdynia. His coach was there Matuszewski and one of his training partners Zygmunt Chychla.

Shortly after his athletes career was ended for the time being, because he was deported to the attack of the German army invaded Poland in the so-called Reich territory and forced into a construction train for forced labor. In 1945 he was freed in Burghausen of the Seventh U.S. Army and returned to Gdynia. He started there again in the boxes and in 1947 for the first time Polish champion at featherweight. More Polish Champion title he won yet in the years 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954 in the spring and lightweight. The boxing clubs for whom he punched in his second career were Grom Gdynia, Gdynia Korwica, MKS Gdynia and Gdańsk Gwardia (Danzig).

Antkiewicz participated at the European Championships amateur boxer in 1947 in Dublin, in 1949 in Oslo and 1951 in Milan part. In these three events, he did not win any medals. Due to poor source material is on its exact performance for these championships unknown.

In 1948 Antkiewicz launched at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in featherweight. He won there over Leon Trani from the Philippines, Kevin Martin from Ireland and Bung Nan -Su from South Korea and was defeated in the semi-final against the Italian Ernesto Formenti on points. In the battle for the bronze medal, which was then the last time boxing out, he triumphed over Francisco Nunez from Argentina.

In 1952, he took in Helsinki for the second time in the Olympic Games in part. He stood there in the lightweight and triumphed over Benjamin Enriquez from the Philippines, Hans -Werner Wohlers from Germany and Frederick Reardon from the UK each on points and came in the semifinals to a noncombat victory over Fiat Gheorghe from Romania. In the final he defeated the Italians Aureliano Bolognesi just 2-1 judges' votes and thus won the silver medal.

A bronze medal he won also at the European Championships 1953 in Warsaw. He won there Gheorghe Fiat and the Englishman Hinson on points and was defeated in the semifinals Vladimir Jengibarjan from the Soviet Union on points.

In 1955 he finished after 250 fights his boxer 's career. He won 215 of fights, punched eight times a draw and lost 27 fights.

Antkiewicz was an officer of the Polish militia. He was trained well to boxing coach and was until 1989 the trainer at Boxvereinen Wybrzcezu Gdańsk and Czarnych Slupsk. His outstanding students were Henryk Dampc, Hubert Skrypczak and Kazimierz Adach.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, European Championship EM =, Fe = Featherweight, Lightweight = Le, then to 58 kg or 60 kg body weight)

Countries fighting

Swell

  • Trade journal Box Sport from 1950 to 1955
  • Box Almanac 1920 - 1980 eV, German Publisher amateur boxing association, 1980,
  • Website " www.sport- komplett.de "
  • Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Website " www.olimpijski.pl "
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