Andrzej Biegalski

{{short description|Polish boxer}}

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|name = Andrzej Biegalski

|birth_date = {{birth date|1953|3|5|df=y}}

|birth_place = Gierczyn, Poland

|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|14|1953|3|5|df=y}}

|death_place = Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland

}}

Andrzej Biegalski (5 March 1953 – 14 March 2017) was a Polish heavyweight amateur boxing champion.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mM0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=Andrzej+Biegalski+Peter+Hussing&pg=PA130 Ebony, Nov 1976, Vol. 32, No. 1, Johnson Publishing Company, pg. 130] He reached the quarterfinal round in the World Championships in Havana, 1974.[http://www.federboxetoscana.it/archivi/camp_internaz/world_s_1974.pdf FEDERAZIONE PUGILISTICA ITALIANA]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Biegalski's greatest success came with gold in European Championship in Katowice, Poland, June 1975 when he beat Peter Hussing from Germany by a heavy KO. However, he was not able to follow that success with more achievement due to overexploitation. During 1976 Summer Olympics, he lost his first bout to John Tate. He also participated in the European Championship in 1979.Polski Komitet Olimpijski (Polish Olympic Committee) "Biegalski, Andrzej", {{cite web|url=http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/subpages/displayfid/294_337.html |title=Biegalski Andrzej - Polski Komitet Olimpijski |accessdate=2010-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212110812/http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/subpages/displayfid/294_337.html |archivedate=2010-02-12 }}

Biegalski was a three time national champion in 1974 and in 1978 in a heavyweight division, and in 1979 in a superheavyweight competition.Gazeta Wyborcza, Krakow, "Mistrz Biegalski na Wiśle" (Champion Biegalski on the Vistula), 2006-12-08, [http://krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,35800,3782079.html]

Later in life he was also involved in politics.