
1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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The 1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships
were held in Belgrade
, Yugoslavia
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.
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
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
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) |
![]() Soviet Union |
![]() Bulgaria |
![]() Scotland ![]() Spain |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
![]() Romania |
![]() 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 |
![]() West Germany ![]() Soviet Union |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
![]() France |
![]() Romania |
![]() Poland ![]() Bulgaria |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
![]() Stefan Forster Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com... East Germany |
![]() Yugoslavia |
![]() Romania ![]() Finalnd |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
![]() 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 |
![]() Poland |
![]() West Germany ![]() East Germany |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
![]() 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 |
![]() Soviet Union |
![]() East Germany ![]() Hungary |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
![]() Hungary |
![]() East Germany |
![]() Yugoslavia ![]() 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) |
![]() Soviet Union |
![]() Poland |
![]() 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 ![]() Romania |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
![]() 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 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 |
![]() Poland ![]() France |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
![]() 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 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 |
![]() Soviet Union ![]() Netherlands |
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) |
![]() Soviet Union |
![]() 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 is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany... Romania ![]() Bulgaria |
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
=5 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
=5 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
=11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
=11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
=11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |