Henryk Åšrednicki

Henryk Srednicki ( born January 17, 1955 in Siemianowice Sląskie ) is a retired Polish boxer. He was world champion in 1978 and European champion in 1977 and 1979 in the amateur boxing in half or fly - flyweight.

Career

Henryk Srednicki began as a teenager at Gornik Siemianowice with the boxes. With a greatest of 1.60 meters, it was extremely light and began his career as Halbfliegengewichtler ( class to 48 kg body weight). Over the years, he grew up in the fly or in the Bantamweight ( 51 kg to classes and 54 kg body weight) into it. During his career, which was to last until 1985, he started also for the following clubs: GKS Katowice GKS Tychy Gornik Sosnowiec and GKS Jaskrzebie. In 1973, he became the Polish Junior Champion in the light flyweight with a win over Henryk Urbanski. This was his first great success, the many should follow.

In 1974 he was Polish champion in the seniors in the light flyweight with a win over Janusz Misiak first time. He could then also at the first World Championships were held in 1974 in Havana, go to the start. In Havana, but he was unlucky because he lost his second round fight against Remus Cosma from Romania, because he had to be taken because of an injury out of the ring.

In 1975 Henryk Srednicki won the TSC tournament in Berlin (East) in his weight class with a points victory over Klaus Gert Bach, GDR. He was also re- Polish champion in the light flyweight with his points victory over Jerzy Dominik. At the European Championships in 1975 in Katowice, he defeated in the light flyweight Brendan Dunne from Ireland by abortion in the first round, but lost in the quarterfinals against the Olympic champion from 1972 György Gedó, Hungary, on points and finished 5th. In 1975, he was also a member of the Polish national team, which played four countries fighting against the United States in the United States. He won of course is his opponent Luis Curtis, Claudell Adkins, Mike Jones and JD Seals each on points. In a meet against the GDR, he lost in Karl- Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz ) against Dietmar Geilich on points.

In the Olympic year 1976 Henryk Srednicki again won the Polish Championship in the light flyweight with a points victory over Henryk Pielesiak. In a tournament in Lodz but he had to flyweight his compatriot Ryszard Czerwinski beaten on points. At the Olympic Games in Montreal, he won against Luis Curtis clear 5-0 judges 'votes on points, but lost in the second round of the North Koreans Li Byong -uk controversial with 2:3 judges' votes and was eliminated. He remained so together with the other losers in the second round of the 9th Place.

1977 moved Henryk Srednicki in the flyweight and lost in the Polish Championships in this weight class against Ryszard Czerwinski on points. But for the European Championships 1977 in Halle ( Saale), he trained again in the light flyweight. This paid off, as he won with four wins the European title. In the final, he defeated the Bulgarians Georgi Georgiev it 4-1 judges' votes on points. That was his first great success at international championships. At the end of 1977 Henryk Srednicki won in Warsaw at the 1st Feliks strain tournament, which was held to commemorate the legendary Polish boxing coach Feliks base in Warsaw, the competition in the flyweight with a victory in the finals over the Hungarians Sandor Orban.

1978 suggested Henryk Srednicki in the final at the Polish Championships flyweight in a successful revenge Henryk Czerwinski and grabbing himself already his fourth Polish championship in the seniors. Subsequently, he celebrated at the World Championships in Belgrade, his biggest success in his career. He became world champion in the flyweight. He beat this Vaclav Hornak from Czechoslovakia, Sandor Orban, Alexander Mikhailov, from the Soviet Union and Hector Ramirez from Cuba on points. Henryk Srednicki, making it the only Polish boxer who won a world title since the introduction of the box world championships in 1974. Towards the end of the year he won the 2nd Feliks strain tournament in Warsaw the final of the flyweight over his compatriot Leszek Blazynski.

His fifth Polish Championship title Henryk Srednicki 1979, where he did not have to compete in the final against Stanislaw Syjud because it was injured. At the European Championships this year in Cologne, he then continued his winning streak. He was born in Cologne European champion at flyweight, including victories over him ranged Nuri Eroglu from Turkey, Alexander Dugarow from the Soviet Union and Daniel Radu of Romania. Towards the end of 1979 he was defeated then at the 3rd Feliks strain tournament in Warsaw in the final surprising against the young Romanian Constantin Titoiu on points.

In the Polish Championships 1980 Henryk Srednicki defeated flyweight already in the semi-final against Ryszard Czerwinski. But he was still sent to the Olympic Games in Moscow, but could not convince there. After a clear points victory over Webby Mwango from Zambia he lost that is already in the quarter-final against the Soviet athlete Viktor Miroshnichenko and remained in 5th place again without an Olympic medal.

After these Olympics Henryk Srednicki started at no more international championships. He was also missing in the Polish Championships in 1981, but won the tournament for the black diamond in Sosnowiec in the final over Edward Maczuga, Poland, on points.

In 1982, he was the last time Polish champion, this time bantamweight. He hit play in the final Slawomir Zapart on points. In the Polish Championships 1983 he lost in the bantamweight semi-final against Slawomir Zerominski on points and was eliminated in the Polish Championships in 1985, the last, which he denied, against the same boxer already in the quarter- finals. In 1984, he took in a country fighting in Gdansk against the Federal Republic of Germany once again the Polish colors, winning the bantamweight on the Worms Stefan Gertel on points.

After 1985 Henryk Srednicki ended his career so successful. He attended the Academy coach in Myszków and works there as a coach. One of his students is Lukasz Maszcyk, who came at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the light flyweight through to the quarter finals.

Henryk Srednicki is also active in politics, was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in 2005, but in vain for a seat in the Sejm.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Hfl = light flyweight, flyweight = Fl, Ba = bantamweight )

Polish Championships

Countries fighting

Swell

Boxer ( Poland)
World Champion (boxes)
European Champion (boxes)
Olympian (Poland )
Born in 1955
Man

East Germany Klaus-Dieter Kirchstein BRD (Germany) Springfield Cleveland Gera Finland Hartford (Connecticut) Erfurt Kampala

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