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Henryk Chmielewski

Polish boxer (1914-1998)

Born
8 January 1914, Łódź
Died
15 November 1998, Hollywood
Citizenship
Poland
Sport
boxing
Discipline
middleweight
Occupation
boxer
Height
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Henryk Chmielewski (8 January 1914 – 15 November 1998) was a Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Łódź, Poland.

In 1936 he finished fourth in the middleweight class. After his loss in the semifinal bout against Henry Tiller he was not able to fight in the bronze medal bout against Raúl Villarreal.

He won gold medal in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, at Milan 1937.

In 1938, he emigrated to the United States, where he became a professional boxer (Henry Chemel). He died in Hollywood, Florida.

He was the winner of the Aleksander Reksza Boxing Award 1987.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1936 Summer Olympics1936

External links

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.