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Ričardas Tamulis

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Ričardas Tamulis
Personal information
Born22 July 1938
Kaunas, Lithuania
Died22 April 2008 (aged 69)
Jonava, Lithuania
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubŽalgiris Kaunas
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo -67 kg
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1961 Belgrade -67 kg
Gold medal – first place 1963 Moscow -67 kg
Gold medal – first place 1965 East Berlin -67 kg

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]

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

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  1. ^ "Nieznana karta: Polscy mistrzowie w dresach "CCCP"..." Do Rzeczy (in Polish). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Ričardas Tamulis. Sports-reference
  3. ^ В Литве погиб знаменитый советский боксёр. Одна из версий гибели – убийство. newsru.ua (22 April 2008)