Kazimierz Paździor

Polish boxer

Kazimierz Paździor

Paździor in 1975

Personal information

Born

4 March 1935
Radom, Poland

Died

24 June 2010 (aged 75)
Wrocław, Poland

Height

171 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Sport

Boxing

Club

Broń Radom

Medal record

Representing Poland

Olympic Games
	1960 Rome	-60 kg
European Amateur Championships
	1957 Prague	-60 kg

Kazimierz Sylwester Paździor (4 March 1935 – 24 June 2010) was a Polish amateur lightweight boxer. He won the European title in 1957, the Polish title in 1958 and 1960, and an Olympic gold medal in 1960. He retired in 1961 with a record of 179 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses.^[1]

Paździor worked as an economist at a metal plant in his home town of Radom. After retiring from competitions he remained active in boxing as a coach.^[1] In 1990 he received the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Kazimierz Paździor. sports-reference.com
^ Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award. Bokser.org (13 November 2009). Retrieved on 2016-03-31.

Olympic boxing champions – men's lightweight

1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg) · 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg) · 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg) · 1948: 58–62 kg · 1952–2008: 57–60 kg · 2012: 56–60 kg · 2016: 57–60 kg · 2020–: 58–63 kg