The 1969 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 Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

, Romania from 30 May to 8 June. The 18th 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.

The Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) category was contested for the first time.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	György Gedo György Gedó György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics... Hungary	Franco Udella Franco Udella Franco Udella is an Italian former world boxing champion.- Olympic games results :1968 *Lost to Alberto Morales 0-51972 *1st round bye... Italy	José Escudero Spain   Roman Rożek Poland
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Constantin Ciucă Romania	Nikolay Novikov Soviet Union	Filippo Grasso Italy   Artur Olech Artur Olech Artur Olech was a Polish boxer. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine and died in Wroclaw, Poland.Olech won two silver medals at the Olympic Games, in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City.-References:**... Poland
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Aurel Dumitrescu Romania	Aldo Cosentino France	Michael Dowling Ireland   Mickey Piner England
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	László Orbán László Orbán László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*... Hungary	Seyfi Tatar Turkey	Ivan Mihailov Ivan Mihailov (boxer) Ivan Mihailov is a boxer from Bulgaria.He competed for Bulgaria in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the featherweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*... Bulgaria   Allan Richardson England
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Calistrat Cuţov Calistrat Cutov Calistrat Cuţov is a former Romanian boxer, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics, together with Zvonimir Vujin of Yugoslavia... Romania	Stoyan Pilichev Bulgaria	Sergey Lomakin Soviet Union   Ryszard Petek Poland
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Valeriy Frolov Soviet Union	Petar Stoitchev Bulgaria	Gianbattista Capretti Italy   Bogdan Jakubowski Poland
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Günther Meier Günther Meier Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**... West Germany	Victor Zilberman Victor Zilberman Victor Zilberman is a retired boxer from Romania.He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada... Romania	Ivan Kiryakov Bulgaria   Vladimir Musalinov Soviet Union
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Valeriy Tregubov Soviet Union	Bruno Facchetti Italy	Ion Covaci Romania   Tom Imrie Scotland
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Vladimir Tarassenko Soviet Union	Mate Parlov Mate Parlov Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978.... Yugoslavia	Simeon Georgiev Bulgaria   Reima Virtanen Reima Virtanen Reima Valdemar Virtanen is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career... Finland
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	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	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	Ralf Jensen Denmark   Jürgen Schlegel East Germany
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Ion Alexe Ion Alexe Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany... Romania	Kiril Pandov Bulgaria	Ludwik Denderys Poland   Peter Hussing Peter Hussing Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979... West Germany

Medal table

1	Romania	4	2	1	7
2	Soviet Union	4	1	2	7
3	Hungary	2	0	0	2
4	West Germany	1	0	1	2
5	Bulgaria	0	3	3	6
6	Italy	0	2	2	4
=7	Early Modern France	0	1	0	1
=7	Turkey	0	1	0	1
=7	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
10	Poland	0	0	5	5
11	Kingdom of England	0	0	2	2
=12	Denmark	0	0	1	1
=12	Finland	0	0	1	1
=12	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1	1
=12	Republic of Ireland	0	0	1	1
=12	Kingdom of Scotland	0	0	1	1
=12	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	22	44

External links

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• Amateur Boxing