Janusz Zarenkiewicz
{{short description|Polish boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Janusz Zarenkiewicz
| image = Janusz Zarenkiewicz.jpg
| caption = Zarenkiewicz in 2012
| realname =
| nickname =
| weight = Super-heavyweight
| height = 1.88 m
| reach =
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nowy Las, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
| style = Orthodox
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 1985 Budapest | Super-heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | Super-heavyweight}}
}}
Janusz Zarenkiewicz (born August 3, 1959) is a Polish former amateur boxer.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/janusz-zarenkiewicz-1.html "Janusz Zarenkiewicz Bio, Stats, and Results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519163847/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/janusz-zarenkiewicz-1.html |date=2011-05-19 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 May 2016. He won a bronze medal in the super-heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he forfeited his semi-final fight to eventual gold medalist Lennox Lewis. Zarenkiewicz also won bronze at the 1985 European Championships and was a five-time Polish national champion.
Olympic results
- First-round bye
- Defeated Harold Arroyo (Puerto Rico), 5–0
- Defeated Andreas Schnieders (West Germany), 3–2
- Lost to Lennox Lewis (Canada), walkover
References
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Category:Super-heavyweight boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for Poland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Category:Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Nysa County
Category:Martial artists from Opole Voivodeship
Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen
Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen
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