Artur Olech (22 June 1940 – 12 August 2010) was a Polish boxer. He was born in

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and died in Wroclaw, Poland. Olech won two silver medals at the

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, in 1964 in

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and 1968 in

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1964 Olympic results

Below are the results of Artur Olech who competed for Poland as a flyweight boxer at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Stefan Panayotov (Bulgaria) on points, 3-2 * Round of 16: defeated John Kamau (Kenya) on points, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Constantin Ciuca (Romania) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: defeated Stanislav Sorokin (Soviet Union); Sorokin did not start * Final: lost to Fernando Atzori (Italy) on points, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)

References

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