1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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The 1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships
were held in Prague
, Czechoslovakia
, from May 25 to June 2. The 12th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 149 fighters from 21 countries participating.
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 Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, from May 25 to June 2. The 12th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 149 fighters from 21 countries participating.
Medal winners
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
Manfred Homberg Manfred Homberg Manfred Homberg was a German boxer.Homberg had an outstanding amateur career. He was a German champion in the Flyweight class , and the Bantamweight class . He won twice the gold medal in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, at Prague 1957 and Lucerne 1959... West Germany |
Mircea Dobrescu Mircea Dobrescu Mircea Dobrescu is a former boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Terence Spinks of Great Britain on points. Dobrescu competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in... Romania |
Peter Davies Wales René Libeer René Libeer René Libeer is a former boxer from France, who won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia... France |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Oleg Grigoryev Oleg Grigoryev Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev was a bantamweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the finale he defeated Italian Primo Zamparini, who won the silver.... Soviet Union |
Gianfranco Piovesani Italy |
Peter Goschka West Germany Thomas Morrisey Scotland |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Dimitar Velinov Bulgaria |
Mario Sitri Italy |
Kazimierz Boczarski Poland Vladimir Safronov Vladimir Safronov Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov was a featherweight amateur boxer.Safronov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Chita, Irkutsk, Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1957 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year... Soviet Union |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Kazimierz Paździor Kazimierz Pazdzior Kazimierz Paździor was a boxer from Poland, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur.... Poland |
Olli Mäki Finland |
John Kidd Scotland Horst Herper West Germany |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Vladimir Yengibaryan Vladimir Yengibaryan Vladimir Nikolaevich Yengibaryan is a former welterweight boxer.Yengibaryan trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Yerevan, Armenia. He was an amateur boxer for the USSR, who won the Light welterweight gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games... Soviet Union |
Walter Ivanus Czechoslovakia |
Zygmunt Milewski Poland Ilija Lukić Ilija Lukić Ilija Lukić is a former Serbian football player.-Playing career:He started playing in the youth teams of Belgrade's FK Železnik. Having only 19 years, in 1961, he joined Second League FK Priština and he was soon regarded as one of the finest strikers in the country... Yugoslavia |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Manfred Grauss West Germany |
Leopold Potesil Austria |
Yuri Gromov Soviet Union Fred Tiedt Fred Tiedt Frederick 'Fred' Tiedt was an amateur and professional boxer.-Amateur career:... Ireland |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Nino Benvenuti Italy |
Tadeusz Walasek Tadeusz Walasek Tadeusz Walasek was a Polish boxer.He won a silver medal for Poland at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games in the men's middleweight division . Walasek lost a 3-2 decision in the final to Eddie Crook of the United States... Poland |
Rolf Caroli East Germany Ivan Sobolev Soviet Union |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Zbigniew Pietrzykowski is a retired Polish boxer.Three times he took part in the Olympic Games, every time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the Light middleweight division, after losing in the semi-final to Hungarian László Papp... Poland |
Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia |
Paul Nickel East Germany Karl Schoenberg West Germany |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Gheorghe Negrea Gheorghe Negrea Gheorge Negrea was a boxer from Romania.He competed for Romania in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the light-heavyweight event where he finished in second place.-References:*... Romania |
Petar Stankov Bulgaria |
Zdenek Cipro Czechoslovakia Laszlo Csabajszky Hungary |
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) |
Andrey Abramov Andrey Abramov (boxer) Andrey Vasilievich Abramov was a Russian boxer from the Soviet Union.He won three gold medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships: at Prague 1957, Lucerne 1959, Belgrade 1961, and silver one at Moscow 1963, all in the Heavyweight division.... Soviet Union |
Vasile Mariutan Romania |
Josef Němec Josef Nemec Josef Němec is a boxer from Czechoslovakia.He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter finals of the heavyweight event... Czechoslovakia Branislav Davidović Yugoslavia |
Medal table
1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
2 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
– | Romania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
– | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
– | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | German Democratic Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
– | Kingdom of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | Early Modern France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
– | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
– | Republic of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
– | Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |