1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1955 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 West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

, Germany

Germany

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, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).

Medal winners

Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Edgar Basel Edgar Basel Edgar Basel was a boxer from Germany, who won the silver medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.-Amateur career:Basel had an outstanding amateur career... 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	Henryk Kukier Henryk Kukier Henryk Jerzy Kukier was a Polish boxer.He won the gold medal in the Flyweight class at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Warsaw, and the bronze medal at the 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships in West Berlin. Kukier was a Polish champion six times... Poland Wolfgang Behrendt Wolfgang Behrendt Wolfgang Behrendt was a bantamweight amateur boxer from East Germany, who competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:... East Germany
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Zenon Stefaniuk Zenon Stefaniuk Zenon Stefaniuk was a Polish boxer.He twice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Bantamweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955... Poland	Boris Stiepanov Soviet Union	Daniel Hellebuyck Belgium Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple... West Germany
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Tommy Nicholls England	Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union	Pentti Hamalainen 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 Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Harry Kurschat Harry Kurschat Harry Kurschat is a retired boxer from Germany, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:... West Germany	Darweesh Mustafa Egypt	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 Pentti Rautiainen Finland
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Leszek Drogosz Leszek Drogosz Leszek Drogosz is a retired Polish boxer and actor.He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Light welterweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955, and in the Welterweight division at Lucerne 1959. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki... Poland	Pal Budai Hungary	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 Hans Petersen Denmark
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Nicky Gargano England	Hippolyte Annex Hippolyte Annex Hippolyte Annex is a former French professional boxer. He was four time French champion, holding the French welterweight title from 1960 to 1961 and the middleweight title from 1961 to 1963... France	Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia Nicolae Linca Nicolae Linca Nicolae Linca Nicolae Linca Nicolae Linca (1 January 1929 in Cergăul Mare (village now incorporated in the town of Blaj, Alba County, Romania – 27 June 2008 in Feisa, Alba County, Romania) was a Romanian amateur boxer and Romania's first olympic boxing champion.... Romania
Light Middleweight (– 71 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	Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union	Marcel Pigou France Rolf Caroli East Germany
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union	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	Dieter Wemhöner Dieter Wemhöner Dieter Wemhöner is a former amateur boxing middleweight who won a gold medal at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He represented West Germany in the 1952 Olympics, reaching the third round; and the Unified Team of Germany at the 1956 Olympics, reaching the second round.-Reference:... West Germany Bedrich Koutny Czechoslovakia
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Erich Schoeppner West Germany	Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany	Julius 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 Ottavio Panunzi Italy
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Algirdas Šocikas Algirdas Šocikas Algirdas Šocikas a retired Soviet Lithuanian boxer.He won twice in the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955... Soviet Union	Horst Witterstein West Germany	Horimir Netuka Czechoslovakia Francis Magnetto France

Medal table

1	West Germany	3	1	3	7
2	Poland	3	0	1	4
3	Soviet Union	2	3	1	6
4	Kingdom of England	2	0	0	2
5	Early Modern France	0	1	2	3
–	German Democratic Republic	0	1	2	3
7	Romania	0	1	1	2
8	Egypt	0	1	0	1
–	Hungary	0	1	0	1
–	Sweden	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	3	3
12	Finland	0	0	2	2
–	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
14	Belgium	0	0	1	1
–	Denmark	0	0	1	1
–	Italy	0	0	1	1

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