Profile details
- Born
- 20 Nov 1939
- Birthplace
- Małecz
- Country
- Poland
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- 60 kg
- Sport
- Boxing
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Gold Cross of Merit
- ▸Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1972 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1972Competed at 1972 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Jan Antoni Szczepański (20 November 1939 in Małecz – 15 January 2017 in Warsaw) was a Polish boxer, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he defeated Hungary's László Orbán on points (5:0). Szczepański died on 15 January 2017, after a long illness.
Biography adapted from Jan Szczepański (boxer) on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.