1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1957 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 Prague

Prague

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, 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

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