1949 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1949 European Amateur Boxing Championships
European Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...

were held in Oslo

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, Norway

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from 13 to 18 June. It was the 8th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 93 fighters from 16 countries participating.

Medal winners

Flyweight (– 50.8 kilograms)	Janusz Kasperczak Poland	József Bednai Hungary	Hans Schmöller Austria
Bantamweight (– 53.5 kilograms)	Giovanni Zuddas Giovanni Zuddas Giovanni Battista Zuddas was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, losing to Tibor Csik in the championship match.-Pro career:... Italy	Henning Jensen Henning Jensen Henning Jensen is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country... Denmark	Salvator Vangi France
Featherweight (– 57.1 kilograms)	Jacques Bataille France	Louis van Hoeck Belgium	David O'Connell David O'Connell David O'Connell may refer to:Dáithí Ó Conaill , Irish republicanDavid O'Connell , American politicianDavid J. O'Connell , U.S. Representative from New YorkDavid M. O'Connell, Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton... Ireland
Lightweight (– 61.2 kilograms)	Michael McCullagh Ireland	Mohammed Aimme France	Pavle Šovljanski Yugoslavia
Welterweight (– 66.7 kilograms)	Július Torma Július Torma Július Torma was an ethnic Hungarian boxer competing for Czechoslovakia. He won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1948 for Czechoslovakia in the category up to 67 kg. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics .Torma defeated Hank Herring of the United States in the 1948 final... Czechoslovakia	Victor Jørgensen Denmark	Guy Toupé France
Middleweight (– 72.6 kilograms)	László Papp László Papp László Papp was a Hungarian boxer, born in Budapest. A southpaw, he won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia... Hungary	Stig Sjölin Stig Sjölin Stig Sjölin is a boxer from Sweden.He competed for Sweden in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the middleweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*... Sweden	Ivano Fontana Ivano Fontana Ivano Fontana is a former Italian boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, losing to gold medal winner Laszlo Papp.-Professional career:... Italy
Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kilograms)	Giacomo di Segni Italy	Ota Rademacher Czechoslovakia	Willy Schagen Netherlands
Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kilograms)	László Bene Hungary	Raymond Degl'Innocenti France	Uber Baccilieri Italy

Medal table

1	Hungary	2	1	0	3
2	Italy	2	0	2	4
3	Early Modern France	1	2	2	5
4	Czechoslovakia	1	1	0	2
5	Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	2
6	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Denmark	0	2	0	2
8	Belgium	0	1	0	1
–	Sweden	0	1	0	1
10	Austria	0	0	1	1
–	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
–	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1

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