1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

Boxing competitions 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships West Berlin 24 153 27 May–5 June 1953 Warsaw 1957 Prague The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara). Medal winners Flyweight(– 51 kilograms)Germany Edgar BaselWest GermanyRomania 1952 Mircea DobrescuRomaniaPoland Henryk KukierPoland East Germany 1949 Wolfgang BehrendtEast Germany Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms)Poland Zenon StefaniukPolandSoviet Union Boris StiepanovSoviet UnionBelgium Daniel HellebuyckBelgium West Germany Wolfgang SchwarzWest Germany Featherweight(– 57 kilograms)England Tommy NichollsEnglandSoviet Union Alexander ZasukhinSoviet UnionFinland Pentti HamalainenFinland West Germany Hans-Peter MehlingWest Germany Lightweight(– 60 kilograms)West Germany Harry KurschatWest GermanyEgypt 1922 Darweesh MustafaEgyptSFR Yugoslavia Ilija LukićYugoslavia Finland Pentti RautiainenFinland Light Welterweight(– 63.5 kilograms)Poland Leszek DrogoszPolandHungary 1949 Pal BudaiHungarySoviet Union Vladimir YengibaryanSoviet Union Denmark Hans PetersenDenmark Welterweight(– 67 kilograms)England Nicky GarganoEnglandFrance Hippolyte AnnexFranceSFR Yugoslavia Pavle SovljanskiYugoslavia Romania 1952 Nicolae LincaRomania Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms)Poland Zbigniew PietrzykowskiPolandSoviet Union Karlos DzhaneryanSoviet UnionFrance Marcel PigouFrance East Germany 1949 Rolf CaroliEast Germany Middleweight(– 75 kilograms)Soviet Union Gennadi ShatkovSoviet UnionSweden Stig SjölinSwedenWest Germany Dieter WemhönerWest Germany Czechoslovakia Bedrich KoutnyCzechoslovakia Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms)West Germany Erich SchöppnerWest GermanyEast Germany 1949 Ulrich NitzschkeEast GermanyCzechoslovakia Július TormaCzechoslovakia Italy Ottavio PanunziItaly Heavyweight(+ 81 kilograms)Soviet Union Algirdas ŠocikasSoviet UnionWest Germany Horst WittersteinWest GermanyCzechoslovakia Horymír NetukaCzechoslovakia France Francis MagnettoFrance Medal table 3 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 ROU 1952 0 1 0 EGY 1922 0 1 0 HUN 1949 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 External links Amateur Boxing European Amateur Boxing Championships Boxing Category:European Amateur Boxing Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted in West Berlin Category:1950s in West Berlin Category:May 1955 sports events in Europe Category:June 1955 sports events in Europe Category:International boxing competitions hosted by Germany