Janusz Zarenkiewicz (born August 3, 1959) is a Polish former

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. Retrieved 30 May 2016. He won a bronze medal in the

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division at the

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, where he forfeited his semi-final fight to eventual gold medalist

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. Zarenkiewicz also won bronze at the 1985 European Championships and was a five-time Polish national champion.

Olympic results

*First-round bye *Defeated

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(Puerto Rico), 5–0 *Defeated Andreas Schnieders (West Germany), 3–2 *Lost to

(Canada), walkover

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