Facts: - sport: boxing - death place: bielsko-biaa , poland - caption: pietrzykowski in 2007 - death date: 19 may 2014 - medaltemplates: sport boxing - birth date: 4 october 1934 - name: zbigniew pietrzykowski - image: zbigniew pietrzykowski.jpg - birth place: bestwinka , poland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of zbigniew pietrzykowski .
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zbigniew pietrzykowski -lrb- 4 october 1934 -- 19 may 2014 -rrb- was a polish boxer .three times he took part in the olympic games , every time winning a medal .he won a bronze medal at melbourne 1956 in the light middleweight division , after losing in the semi-final to hungarian laszlo papp .four years later in rome , he reached the final of the light heavyweight division , where he lost to future heavyweight champion cassius clay -lrb- muhammad ali -rrb- .finally , he won a bronze medal in tokyo in 1964 , in the light heavyweight division -lrb- defeated by russian aleksei kiselyov -rrb- .he participated five times at the european amateur boxing championships and won five medals : a bronze in the light middleweight division at warsaw 1953 , and then four gold medals : at west berlin 1955 in the light middleweight division , at prague 1957 in the middleweight division , and at lucerne 1959 and at moscow 1963 in the light heavyweight division .eleven times he won the championship of poland : in the light middleweight division in 1954 , 1955 and 1956 , in the middleweight division in 1957 and in the light heavyweight division in 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962 , 1963 , 1964 and 1965 .pietrzykowski was also a champion in relation to his performances in the national polish team .he fought 44 times , winning 42 times and losing twice .in his career , he fought 350 fights ; he won 334 , drew 2 and lost 14 .pietrzykowski was the first winner of the aleksander reksza boxing award in 1986 .