He was the only one to ever lose early and still win the Gold.
(He surprised many by defeating the Favorite, Yugoslavia's Refik Memsevic in the first round. He lost his second match to the Greek, Panagiotis Pikildis. Fate seemed to be smiling on Jeff Blatncik as Memsevic Defeated Pikilidis. Since Pikilidis had beaten Blatnick by only one point, and Blatnick had beaten Memsevic by disqualification, Blatnick won the tiebreaker over the other two to qualify for the final. He met Tomas Johansson on Sweden for the gold medal. He won 2-0.)
R.I.P.
