Henryk Kukier
{{Short description|Polish boxer (1930–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
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| birth_place = Lublin, Poland
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| death_place = Strzelce Krajeńskie, Poland
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{{MedalSport|Men's amateur boxing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1953 Warsaw | Flyweight}}
{{MedalBronze| 1955 West Berlin | Flyweight}}
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Henryk Jerzy Kukier (1 January 1930 – 5 December 2020) was a Polish boxer.
Career
Kukier won the gold medal in the Flyweight class at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Warsaw,{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1953.html |title=European Championships1953 |accessdate=2007-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123133/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1953.html |archivedate=2007-09-29 }} and the bronze medal at the 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships in West Berlin.{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1955.html|title = 11.European Championships - West Berlin, FRG - May 27 - June 5 1955}} Kukier was a Polish champion six times (1953–1957 and 1960). He competed thrice in the Boxing at the Summer Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960). Between 1951 and 1960 he was on the Polish national team and fought 35 times, winning 25 bouts and losing 10.{{Cite web|url=http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/duals_index.html|title = Duals_index}}
Death
Kukier was born in Lublin. He died from COVID-19 on 5 December 2020, at age 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.[https://sport.onet.pl/boks/boks-henryk-kukier-nie-zyje-krotki-film-o-milosci-i-zapomnieniu/hmswjgd Zmarł Henryk Kukier. "Krótki film o miłości i zapomnieniu"][https://eurosport.tvn24.pl/boks,124/henryk-kukier-nie-zyje-trzykrotny-olimpijczyk-i-mistrz-europy-w-boksie-mial-90-lat-byl-zakazony-koronawirusem,1040440.html Zmarł polski pięściarz, trzykrotny olimpijczyk i mistrz Europy. Był zakażony koronawirusem] {{in lang|pl}}
References
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External links
{{Footer European Amateur Champions Flyweight}}
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Category:Olympic boxers for Poland
Category:Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Lublin
Category:Martial artists from Lublin Voivodeship
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen
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