Średnicki was best known for winning the world title at the second World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1978, beating Cuba's Héctor Ramírez in the final.
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He was one of the most outstanding boxers in the second half of the 1970s. As the only Pole so far, he has won a gold medal at the world championships. He did it in 1978, during the II World Championships in Belgrade in flyweight, after winning four fights. He also competed in the 1st Havana Championship in 1974 in paper weighting, but without success.
He was twice the champion of Europe. At his first European championship, in Katowice in 1975, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals in paper weighting, in two more: in Halle in 1977 in paper weighting and in Cologne in 1979, he won gold medals in flyweight.
He has competed in the Olympic Games twice. In Montreal in 1976 he fought in paper weight, but was eliminated in the qualifying round. He reached the flyweight quarter-finals in Moscow in 1980.
Srednicki was the Polish champion six times: in paper scales in 1974, 1975 and 1976, in flyweights in 1978 and 1979 and in bantamweight in 1982. In 1977 he was runner-up in flyweight.
He won the Tournament three times. Feliks Stamm, in 1977 and 1978 in flyweights, and in 1982 in bantamweight.
He fought for GKS Katowice, GKS Tychy, GKS Jastrzębie and Górnik Sosnowiec. He was a fighter who preferred constant attack, showering his opponent with blows. After ending his career, he became a coach, he led boxing school in Myszków. His pupil was the leading Polish boxer Łukasz Maszczyk.
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^Henryk Średnicki, polski mistrz świata w boksie nie żyje 2017-01-15 at the Wayback Machine(in Polish)
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
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henryk, Średnicki, january, 1955, siemianowice, Śląskie, poland, april, 2016, piotrków, trybunalski, poland, polish, amateur, boxer, represented, native, country, twice, summer, olympics, starting, 1976, personal, informationfull, namenationalitypolishborn, 19. Henryk Srednicki 17 January 1955 Siemianowice Slaskie Poland 10 April 2016 Piotrkow Trybunalski Poland was a Polish amateur boxer who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics starting in 1976 Henryk SrednickiPersonal informationFull nameHenryk SrednickiNationalityPolishBorn 1955 01 17 17 January 1955Siemianowice SlaskieDied10 April 2016 2016 04 10 aged 61 Piotrkow Trybunalski 1 Height1 60 m 5 ft 3 in Weight51 kg 112 lb SportSportBoxingWeight classFlyweightClubGKS Tychy GKS JastrzebieMedal record World Amateur Championships 1978 Belgrade Flyweight European Amateur Championships 1977 Halle Light Flyweight 1979 Cologne Flyweight Srednicki was best known for winning the world title at the second World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1978 beating Cuba s Hector Ramirez in the final Biography editSports career edit He was one of the most outstanding boxers in the second half of the 1970s As the only Pole so far he has won a gold medal at the world championships He did it in 1978 during the II World Championships in Belgrade in flyweight after winning four fights He also competed in the 1st Havana Championship in 1974 in paper weighting but without success He was twice the champion of Europe At his first European championship in Katowice in 1975 he was eliminated in the quarter finals in paper weighting in two more in Halle in 1977 in paper weighting and in Cologne in 1979 he won gold medals in flyweight He has competed in the Olympic Games twice In Montreal in 1976 he fought in paper weight but was eliminated in the qualifying round He reached the flyweight quarter finals in Moscow in 1980 Srednicki was the Polish champion six times in paper scales in 1974 1975 and 1976 in flyweights in 1978 and 1979 and in bantamweight in 1982 In 1977 he was runner up in flyweight He won the Tournament three times Feliks Stamm in 1977 and 1978 in flyweights and in 1982 in bantamweight He fought for GKS Katowice GKS Tychy GKS Jastrzebie and Gornik Sosnowiec He was a fighter who preferred constant attack showering his opponent with blows After ending his career he became a coach he led boxing school in Myszkow His pupil was the leading Polish boxer Lukasz Maszczyk References edit Henryk Srednicki polski mistrz swiata w boksie nie zyje Archived 2017 01 15 at the Wayback Machine in Polish Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Henryk Srednicki Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2012 11 03 nbsp This biographical article related to a Polish boxer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henryk Srednicki amp oldid 1196376449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
