Henryk Władysław Niedźwiedzki (6 April 1933 – 9 February 2018) was an Olympic boxer from Poland.

Niedźwiedzki was born in Bäreneiche, then Germany, now in Poland. He competed for Poland in the 1956 Summer Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia in the featherweight event where, as a losing semifinalist, he was a bronze medallist. Niedźwiedzki died after a protracted illness at the age of 84.

Henryk Niedźwiedzki

1956 Olympic results

Below are Henryk Niedźwiedzki's results from the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia where he competed as a featherweight boxer for Poland.

Henryk Niedźwiedzki

Round of 32: bye

Round of 16: defeated Leonard Leisching (South Africa) on points

Quarterfinal: defeated Tristan Falfan (Argentina) by a first-round knockout

Semifinal: lost to Vladimir Safronov (Soviet Union) on points (was awarded bronze medal)

Henryk Niedźwiedzki

References

1933 births

2018 deaths

Olympic boxers for Poland

Olympic bronze medalists for Poland

Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Olympic medalists in boxing

People from Człuchów County

Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship

Polish male boxers

Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics

People from Posen-West Prussia

Featherweight boxers

20th-century Polish people

21st-century Polish people