Jerzy Kulej
Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej was a Polish boxer and politician.
Kulej was born in Częstochowa, Poland. At the Summer Olympics in 1964 he won a gold medal in the light welterweight division defeating Yevgeny Frolov.
In 1968, he defended his title in a close match against a Cuban boxer Enrique Regüeiferos becoming the only Polish boxer to ever win two Olympic gold medals.
He also twice won a gold medal at the European Amateur Championships in 1963 and 1965, and won a silver medal in 1967.
He had a record of 317 wins, 6 draws and 25 losses.
In 1976, he made an appearance in a movie Przepraszam, czy tu biją? directed by Marek Piwowski. In 1995, he received the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award.
In his later years he became a politician representing various parties over the time. In 2001, as a member of Democratic Left Alliance for electoral district of Warsaw he became a member of the Polish parliament and server to 2005.
He was a boxing commentator for Polish TV station Polsat Sport.
In December 2011, he suffered a massive heart attack. While in recovery, he learned that he suffered from an eye melanoma that was, in the end, the direct cause of his death in Warsaw on 13 July 2012 at the age of 71.Olympic results
1964 - Tokyo
- Round of 64 – bye
- Round of 32 – Defeated Roberto Amaya by decision, 5–0
- Round of 16 – Defeated Richard McTaggart by decision, 4–1
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Iosif Mihalic by decision, 4–1
- Semifinal – Defeated Eddie Blay by decision, 5–0
- Final – Defeated Yevgeny Frolov by decision, 5–0
1968 - Mexico City
