Antoni Zajkowski

Antoni Zaykowski (English)

05.08.1948

He was very strong in ne-waza.
He undergo hard drill training from Japanese trainer Hiromi Tomita before 1972 Olympic Games.
Result of this training was silver medal.
He did not won more big medals because of problems with knees (maybe aftermath of that hard drill).
He had to miss 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and soon after this he decided retire.
He spent 3 years as trainer in Göteborg, Sweden and helped upgrade Swedish judo in higher level. Swedish judokas had begun winning medals.
He came back in 1987.
His charge Paweł Nastula became olympic champion in '90.

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