Ričardas Tamulis or Ryszard Tomczykiewicz (22 July 1938 – 22 April 2008) was an amateur Lithuanian welterweight boxer of Polish origins who won the European title in 1961, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic silver medal in 1964.[1]
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Born | 22 July 1938 Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 April 2008 (aged 69) Jonava, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamulis took up boxing in 1953 and won the Soviet welterweight title in 1959, 1961–62, 1964 and 1966, placing third in 1963 and 1967. He retired in 1967 with a record of 243 wins in 257 bouts and later coached boxers at his native club Žalgiris Kaunas. In the 1990s he was also active in Lithuanian politics.[2] He died aged 69 after falling from an eighth-floor balcony.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Nieznana karta: Polscy mistrzowie w dresach "CCCP"..." Do Rzeczy (in Polish). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Ričardas Tamulis. Sports-reference
- ^ В Литве погиб знаменитый советский боксёр. Одна из версий гибели – убийство. newsru.ua (22 April 2008)