Ján Franek (born April 14, 1960,

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) is a retired

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, who represented

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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. There he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Armando Martínez. He is the father of 2009 Miss Slovakia Barbora Franekоvá. He was homeless after being in jail for 14 months. Then he went through couple of rehabs and now he's living in

city. He played the character ''Franek'' in the 2015 film

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Olympic results

*Defeated

Benedetto Gravina Benedetto Gravina (born 5 September 1956) is an Italian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to Ján Franek Ján Franek (born April 14, 1960, Žilina) is a ...

(Italy) KO 2 *Defeated Zhelio Stefanov (Bulgaria) DQ 3 *Defeated

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(Zambia) KO 2 *Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) RSC 2

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