1951 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1951 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 Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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, from 14 to 19 May. The 9th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 132 fighters from 20 countries participating.

Medal winners

Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Aristide Pozzali Italy	Henk van der Zee Netherlands	Pentti Hämäläinen Pentti Hämäläinen Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen was a Finnish bantamweight professional boxer, who won gold in Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in his home country of Helsinki. Four years later in Melbourne he captured the bronze medal in the featherweight division .-Amateur career:Hämäläinen competed on the European... Finland Antoine Martin France
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Vincenzo Dall'Osso Italy	William Kelly Ireland	János Erdei Hungary Hermann Mazurkiewicz Austria
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Joseph Ventaja Joseph Ventaja Joseph Ventaja was a French boxer who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.-Pro career:... France	Kosta Leković Yugoslavia	István Kisfalvi Hungary Åke Wärnström Sweden
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Bruno Visintin Bruno Visintin Bruno Visintin is a retired boxer from Italy.-Amateur career:Visintin was a Light Welterweight Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympiad.-External links:... Italy	István Juhász Hungary	David O'Connell Ireland Milivoje Bulat Yugoslavia
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Herbert Schilling West Germany	Marcello Padovani Ireland	Peter Müller Switzerland Terence Milligan Ireland
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Zygmunt Chychła Poland	Hans Kohlegger Austria	Gert Strahle Sweden Jacques Dugenier France
Light Middleweight (– 71 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	Jens Andersen Jens Andersen Jens Andersen was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Idd, and after taking his shoemaker training he worked for four years as a leather merchant in Fredrikstad. In 1898 he started the shoe factory Fredriksstad Skofabrik. He was the factory manager here until 1905, then a co-manager for I.... Denmark	Alfred Paliński Poland Alfred Lay England
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	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	Günther Sladky West Germany	Hans Niederhauser Switzerland Jean Lalounis France
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Marcel Limage Belgium	Bjarne Lingås Bjarne Lingås Bjarne Lingås was a Norwegian boxer. He became the Norwegian Champion six times in heavyweight and light heavyweight. He became the Nordic Champion in 1955. In 1954 he was on the Europe Team in the Golden Glove tournament in USA, and won his two matches... Norway	Giovanni Battista Alfonsetti Italy Rolf Storm Sweden
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Giacomo di Segni Italy	Edgar Gorgas West Germany	Jan Dijkman Netherlands José Peyre Belgium

Medal table

1	Italy	4	0	1	5
2	West Germany	1	2	0	3
3	Hungary	1	1	2	4
4	Early Modern France	1	0	3	4
–	Sweden	1	0	3	4
6	Belgium	1	0	1	2
–	Poland	1	0	1	2
8	Republic of Ireland	0	2	2	4
9	Austria	0	1	1	2
–	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
–	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
12	Denmark	0	1	0	1
–	Norway	0	1	0	1
14	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
15	Kingdom of England	0	0	1	1
–	Finland	0	0	1	1

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