1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1963 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 Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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from 26 May to 2 June. The 15th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 133 fighters from 18 countries participating.

Medal winners

Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Viktor Bystrov Soviet Union	Stefan Panayotov Bulgaria	Constantin Ciucă Romania Paolo Vacca Italy
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	Branislav Petrić Yugoslavia	Rainer Poser Rainer Poser Rainer Poser is a German bantamweight boxer who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :... East Germany Nicolae Pulu Romania
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Stanislav Stepashkin Stanislav Stepashkin Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Stepashkin trained at Trudovye Rezervy until 1963 and then at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1964 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the... Soviet Union	Giovanni Girghenti Italy	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 Andrei Otteanu Romania
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	János Kajdi János Kajdi János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany... Hungary	Boris Nikanorov Soviet Union	Antero Halonen Finland Giuseppe Sabri Italy
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Jerzy Kulej Jerzy Kulej Jerzy Kulej is a retired boxer and politician.He twice won the gold medal in the Light welterweight division Jerzy Kulej (born October 19, 1940 in Częstochowa, Poland) is a retired boxer and politician.He twice won the gold medal in the Light welterweight division Jerzy Kulej (born October 19,... Poland	Aloizs Tumiņš Aloizs Tumiņš Aloizs Tumiņš was a Latvian boxer from the Soviet Union.He won two medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships: gold medal at Belgrade 1961 and silver one at Moscow 1963 both in the Light Welterweight division.... Soviet Union	Bruno Arcari Italy Gerhard Dieter West Germany
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Ričardas Tamulis Ricardas Tamulis Ričardas Tamulis was a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the welterweight event where he finished in second place.... Soviet Union	Silvano Bertini Silvano Bertini Silvano Bertini is a former Italian welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Bertini won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, losing to gold medalist Marian Kasprzyk.-Pro career:... Italy	János Kálmán Hungary Bohumil Němeček Bohumil Nemecek Bohumil Němeček was a Czechoslovak welterweight boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:* *... Czechoslovakia
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Boris Lagutin Boris Lagutin Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin was possibly the most celebrated of Soviet boxers. During his career as a boxer, he has won 241 fights and lost only 11. He won medals in three Olympic Games, including two golds, in 1964 and 1968. Lagutin also won at European championships in 1961 and 1963 and at USSR... Soviet Union	Andrew Wyper Scotland	Virgil Badea Romania Siegfried Olesch Siegfried Olesch Siegfried Olesch is a German lightweight boxer who won the bronze medal at the 1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :... East Germany
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Valeriy Popenchenko Soviet Union	Ion Monea Ion Monea Ion Monea was a Romanian Olympic light heavyweight boxer.-Amateur career:Monea was born in in Tohanu Vechi, Braşov, Romania, and was the 1968 Olympic Light Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Mexico City, and the 1960 Olympic Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Rome.-References:* *... Romania	Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia Emil Schulz Emil Schulz Emil Schulz was a German boxer and five-time amateur champion, who lost only 21 of his 223 fights.... West Germany
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	Danas Pozniakas Danas Pozniakas Danas Pozniakas was a Lithuanian boxer who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born near Białystok and died in Vilnius.In 1968 he won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight class.... Soviet Union	František Poláček Czechoslovakia Bernard Thebault France
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	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	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	Dante Cane Italy Klaus Degenhardt East Germany

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	6	4	0	10
2	Poland	2	0	1	3
3	Czechoslovakia	1	0	2	3
4	Hungary	1	0	1	2
5	Italy	0	2	4	6
6	Romania	0	1	4	5
7	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
=8	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
=8	Kingdom of Scotland	0	1	0	1
10	German Democratic Republic	0	0	3	3
11	West Germany	0	0	2	2
=12	Finland	0	0	1	1
=12	Early Modern France	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	20	40

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