1975 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1975 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 Spodek

Spodek

Spodek is a multipurpose arena complex in Katowice, Poland, opened in 1971 at 35 Korfanty Street under the name Wojewódzka Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa w Katowicach , under which it is known in the Polish technical/architectural literature, and under which it formally functioned until 1997.Aside from...

, Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

, Poland

People's Republic of Poland

The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...

from 1 to 8 June. The 21st edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 193 fighters from 23 countries participating.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Aleksandr Tkachenko Soviet Union	Enrique Rodríguez Spain	György Gedó 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 Remus Cosma Romania
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Vladislav Sasypko Soviet Union	Constantin Gruiescu Romania	Sándor Orbán Hungary Charlie Magri Charlie Magri Charlie Magri is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up... England
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Viktor Rybakov Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow, Soviet... Soviet Union	Tzatcha Andrejkovski Bulgaria	Mircea Tone Romania Milan Piskač Czechoslovakia
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Tibor Badari Hungary	Branislav Ristić Yugoslavia	Antonio Rubio Antonio Rubio Antonio Rubio Fernández is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 . Four years later in Montreal, Canada Rubio was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division by Cuba's Reinaldo... Spain Patrick Cowdell Patrick Cowdell Patrick Cowdell is a retired boxer from Great Britain. Cowdell now lives just over the border from Smethwick in Oldbury.-Amateur career:... England
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	Valeriy Lvov Soviet Union	Ryszard Tomczyk Poland András Botos András Botos András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight... Hungary
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Valery Limassov Soviet Union	József Nagy Hungary	Ulrich Beyer East Germany Bajram Hasani Yugoslavia
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Kalevi Marjamaa Finland	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	Jerzy Rybicki Jerzy Rybicki Jerzy Rybicki is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada... Poland Ib Bötcher Denmark
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Wiesław Rudkowski Poland	Viktor Savchenko Viktor Savchenko Viktor Grigorievich Savchenko is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur... Soviet Union	Franz Dorfer Austria Mihály Rapcsák Hungary
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	Bernd Wittenburg Bernd Wittenburg Bernd Wittenburg is a German boxer who won titles for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won even the GDR-Championships in Boxing 1972,1973, 1974, 1975, 1976.- External links :*... East Germany	Jacek Kucharczyk Poland Zdeněk Tykva Czechoslovakia
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Anatoliy Klimanov Soviet Union	Georgi Stoymenov Bulgaria	Ottomar Sachse East Germany Radovan Bisić Yugoslavia
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Andrzej Biegalski Andrzej Biegalski Andrzej Biegalski was a Polish heavyweight amateur boxing champion. He reached quarterfinals in World Championships in Havana, 1974.... Poland	Viktor Ulyanich Soviet Union	Mircea Simon Mircea Simon Mircea Şimon is a retired Romanian boxer. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the Heavyweight Silver medal for Romania.-Olympic results:1st round byeDefeated Trevor Berbick 5-0... Romania Garfield McEwan England

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9
2	Poland	2	0	3	5
3	Romania	1	2	3	6
4	Hungary	1	1	4	6
5	Finland	1	0	0	1
6	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
=7	German Democratic Republic	0	1	2	3
=7	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	1	2	3
9	Spain	0	1	1	2
10	Kingdom of England	0	0	3	3
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
=12	Austria	0	0	1	1
=12	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	22	44

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