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Danas Pozniakas

1939 - 2005

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Danas Pozniakas (19 October 1939 – 4 February 2005) was a Lithuanian amateur light-heavyweight boxer who won the European title in 1965, 1967 and 1969 and an Olympic gold medal in 1968. Pozniakas was born in Poland as Dan Pozniak, and in the 1950s moved to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he took up boxing at age 13. He won the Soviet title in 1962 and a European silver medal in 1963, but at the 1964 Olympic trials lost to Aleksei Kiselyov and was not selected. By the next Olympics, he was a double European champion and a clear favorite. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danas Pozniakas is the 1,167th most popular athlete (down from 884th in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,057th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Danas Pozniakas ranks 1,167 out of 6,025. Before him are Frank Rühle, Paul Castanet, Lajos Gönczy, Joseph Dempsey, Matti Sippala, and Shunpei Uto. After him are Vladimir Morozov, Otto Fickeisen, Niels Fredborg, Oscar Osthoff, Olaf Hoffsbakken, and Linda Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Danas Pozniakas ranks 447. Before him are Yoseph Imry, Allen Garfield, Boris Tishchenko, Rudolf Bayer, Wilhelmina Cooper, and Theo Waigel. After him are Adam Osborne, Yury Sharov, Richard Posner, Anjanette Comer, Antal Szentmihályi, and Madalena Iglésias. Among people deceased in 2005, Danas Pozniakas ranks 265. Before him are David Diamond, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Aleksandar Atanacković, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, José Azcona del Hoyo, and Jocelyn Brando. After him are Henry Källgren, Mustafa Ertan, Ilse Werner, Richard Burns, Kay Stammers, and Joe Ranft.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Danas Pozniakas ranks 1,069 out of 1,694. Before him are Heinrich Laube (1806), Kazimierz Prószyński (1875), Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Piotr Zieliński (1994), Alina Janowska (1923), and Jan Sztolcman (1854). After him are Gustaw Holoubek (1923), Janusz Sidło (1933), Kazimierz Zimny (1935), Józef Pankiewicz (1866), Iga Świątek (2001), and Artur Brauner (1918).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Danas Pozniakas ranks 19. Before him are Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), Halina Górecka (1938), and Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929). After him are Janusz Sidło (1933), Kazimierz Zimny (1935), Klaus Beer (1942), Jadwiga Wajs (1912), Emil Hirschfeld (1903), and Tadeusz Ślusarski (1950).

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