Andrzej Rżany (born 26 September 1973) is a boxer from Poland.[1]
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| Nationality |  Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1973 Mielec, Podkarpackie, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gwardia Wrocław | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Fuad Aslanov.
Rżany won the bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula. In addition he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and reached the quarterfinals at the 2000 Olympics.[2]
Olympic results
edit1992 (as a light Flyweight)
- Lost to Rajendra Prasad (India) 6–12
2000 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Celestin Augustin (Madagascar) 15–13
- Defeated Arlan Lerio (Philippines)
- Lost to Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) RSC 3
2004 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Bonyx Yusak Saweho (Indonesia) 25–19
- Defeated Hicham Mesbahi (Morocco) 33–20
- Lost to Fuad Aslanov (Azerbaijan) 21–22
References
edit- ^ "Rżany Andrzej". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrzej Rżany". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
edit- Andrzej Rzany at Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 October 2012)
- Andrzej Rżany at Olympedia (archive)
- Andrzej Rżany at Olympics.com
- Andrzej Rżany at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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