1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1959 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 Lucerne, Switzerland from May 24 to May 31. The 13th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 180 fighters from 25 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	Gyula Török Gyula Török Gyula Török is a former boxer from Hungary.-Amateur career:Török won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games for Hungary. His results were:*Quarterfinal - Defeated Miguel Angel Botta 5-0... Hungary	Adam McClean Ireland Vladimir Stolnikov Soviet Union
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Horst Rascher West Germany	Oleg Grigoriev Oleg Grigoriev Oleg Grigoriev was a Russian poet and artist. He is regarded as a successor of the Oberiu tradition. Many of his short poems became modern folklore.-Biography:... Soviet Union	Zygmunt Zawadzki Poland Miodrag Mitrović Miodrag Mitrovic Miodrag Mitrovic is a Swiss association football goalkeeper currently playing for FC Locarno in the Swiss Challenge League. He previously spent time on loan at GC Biaschesi, and originally graduated from the AC Bellinzona youth academy.... Yugoslavia
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Jerzy Adamski Jerzy Adamski Jerzy Adamski was Polish a boxer.He competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, where he finished in second place in the men's featherweight event.-References:*... Poland	Peter Goschka West Germany	André Juncker France Orhan Tus Turkey
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Olli Mäki Finland	Demitar Velinov Bulgaria	Ferenc Kellner Hungary Iosif Mihalic Romania
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	Piero Brandi Italy	Rupert König Austria István Juhász Hungary
Welterweight (– 67 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	Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins , 8 defeats and 3 draws.- Amateur career :... Italy	Bruno Guse East Germany Harry Perry Harry Perry (boxer) Harry Perry was a member of the 1956 and 1960 Irish Olympic boxing teams. He also competed in the European Amateur Boxing Championships in 1955 and 1959 winning the bronze medal in the welterweight division in 1959. He was inducted into the Irish Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.-See also:*Boxing at... Ireland
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Nino Benvenuti Italy	Henryk Dampc Poland	Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia Rolf Caroli East Germany
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union	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	Colm McCoy Ireland Harry Scott England
Light Heavyweight (– 81 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	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	Lev Senkin Soviet Union Giulio Saraudi Giulio Saraudi Giulio Saraudi was an Italian boxer, and an Olympic bronze medalist.-Amateur career:... Italy
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	Dave Thomas England	Wladysław Jędrzejewski Poland 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

Medal table

1	Poland	3	2	2	7
2	Soviet Union	3	1	2	6
3	West Germany	2	1	0	3
4	Italy	1	2	1	4
5	Finland	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary	0	1	2	3
7	Romania	0	1	1	2
–	Kingdom of England	0	1	1	2
9	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
10	Republic of Ireland	0	0	3	3
11	German Democratic Republic	0	0	2	2
–	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
13	Austria	0	0	1	1
–	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
–	Early Modern France	0	0	1	1
–	Turkey	0	0	1	1

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