Feliks Stamm
Polish boxing trainer
フェリックス・スタム
- Born
- 14 December 1901, Kościan
- Died
- 2 April 1976, Warsaw
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer, coach, boxing trainer
Feliks "Papa" Stamm (14 December 1901, Kościan (German: Kosten) German Empire – 2 April 1976, Warsaw) was a prominent Polish boxing coach. He is widely regarded as the father of Polish boxing, and the creator of the so-called Polish school of boxing. To commemorate him, since 1977 annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament takes place in Warsaw. In 1987, the tournament was won by Lennox Lewis.
In 1923–1926, he was a boxer at the club Pentatlon in Poznań. He rolled down 13 official fights (11 won, 1 drew, 1 loss) as well as about 30 show fights. In 1926, Stamm became a boxing coach at Warta Poznań, and since 1932, he was a lecturer at Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw (today's Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw). In 1936, he became an independent coach of the Polish boxing national team. He had already had some experience with the national team of Poland, as in 1928 Stamm helped foreign coaches to prepare Polish boxers for their first official international match vs. Austria.
Awards and honours
- Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1953
- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918–1921
- Decade of Independence Regained
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Work Flag Order, 2nd class
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q5441838 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.