Kazimierz Lipień

Kazimierz Lipień (6 February 1949 in Jaczków - 13 November 2005 in New York City) was a Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He is the twin brother of the Polish wrestler, Józef Lipień.

Olympics

Lipień has competed in three Olympics, from 1972 to 1980. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he received a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight.^[1] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling (featherweight).^[1] He finished 6th in Moscow in 1980.

1 2 "Profile: Kazimierz Lipień". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman featherweight

1912 Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN) 1920 Oskari Friman (FIN) 1924 Kalle Anttila (FIN) 1928 Voldemar Väli (EST) 1932 Giovanni Gozzi (ITA) 1936 Yaşar Erkan (TUR) 1948 Mehmet Oktav (TUR) 1952 Yakiv Punkin (URS) 1956 Rauno Mäkinen (FIN) 1960 Müzahir Sille (TUR) 1964 Imre Polyák (HUN) 1968 Roman Rurua (URS) 1972 Georgi Markov (URS) 1976 Kazimierz Lipień (POL) 1980 Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) 1984 Kim Weon-kee (KOR) 1988 Kamandar Madzhidov (URS) 1992 Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR) 1996 Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL) 2000 Varteres Samurgashev (RUS) 2004 Jung Ji-hyun (KOR) 2008 Islambek Albiev (RUS) 2012 Omid Norouzi (IRI)

−60 kg (1912–1920) −62 kg (1924–1928) −61 kg (1932–1960) −63 kg (1964–1968) −62 kg (1972–1996) −63 kg (2000) −60 kg (2004–2012)

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