1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1973 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 Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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from 1 to 9 June. The 20th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 148 fighters from 22 countries participating.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Vladislav Sasypko Soviet Union	Beyhan Fuchedyev Bulgaria	John Bambrick Scotland Enrique Rodríguez Spain
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Constantin Gruiescu Romania	Vicente Rodríguez Vicente Rodríguez (boxer) Vicente Rodríguez Royán is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the third round of the flyweight division division by North Korea's Ung Jo-Jong.-References:*... Spain	Gerd Schubert West Germany Nikolay Lodin Soviet Union
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Aldo Cosentino France	Mircea Tone Romania	Krzysztof Madej Poland Dimitar Milev Bulgaria
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Stefan Förster Stefan Forster Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com... East Germany	Zoran Jovanović Yugoslavia	Gabriel Pometcu Romania Heikki Vilander Finalnd
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Simion Cuţov Simion Cutov Simion Cuţov was a boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the final by Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.Cuţov also competed at the 1980 Summer... Romania	Ryszard Tomczyk Poland	Wolfgang Schoth West Germany Günter Radowski East Germany
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Marijan Beneš Marijan Beneš Marijan Beneš is a former Yugoslavian boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, still considered one of the best in the Yugoslavian history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the... Yugoslavia	Anatoliy Kamnyev Soviet Union	Ulrich Beyer East Germany László Juhász Hungary
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Sándor Csjef Hungary	Manfred Weidner East Germany	Živorad Jelesijević Yugoslavia Vladimir Kolev Vladimir Kolev Vladimir Kolev is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist.At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.Two years earlier, at the... Bulgaria
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Anatoliy Klimanov Soviet Union	Wiesław Rudkowski Poland	Peter Tiepold Peter Tiepold Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*... East Germany Sandu Tirila Romania
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Vyacheslav Lemeshev Vyacheslav Lemeshev Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich... Soviet Union	Alec Năstac Alec Nastac Alec Năstac is a retired boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Michael Spinks of the United States... Romania	Witold Stachurski Poland Pierre Gomez France
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	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	Janusz Gortat Janusz Gortat Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of... Poland	Oleg Karatayev Soviet Union Sjeg Verstappen Netherlands
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Viktor Ulyanich Soviet Union	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	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 Atanas Suvandshijev Bulgaria

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	4	1	2	7
2	Romania	2	2	3	7
3	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	2	1	1	4
4	German Democratic Republic	1	1	3	5
=5	Early Modern France	1	0	1	2
=5	Hungary	1	0	1	2
7	Poland	0	3	2	5
8	Bulgaria	0	1	3	4
9	West Germany	0	1	2	3
10	Spain	0	1	1	2
=11	Finland	0	0	1	1
=11	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
=11	Kingdom of Scotland	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	22	44

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