1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships

Boxing competitions 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships Cologne West Germany 22 171 2–10 May 1977 Halle 1981 Tampere The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany from May 5 to May 12, 1979. The 23rd edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters23rd European championships in Cologne (FRG) 5-12 May 1979 from across many European countries participated in the competition. The Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) and Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) categories were contested for the first time. Medal winners Light Flyweight(– 48 kilograms)Soviet Union Shamil SabirovSoviet UnionEast Germany Dietmar GeilichEast GermanyHungary András RózsaHungary Bulgaria 1971 Georgi GeorgievBulgaria Flyweight(– 51 kilograms)Poland Henryk ŚrednickiPolandRomania 1965 Daniel RaduRomaniaSoviet Union Alexandr DugarovSoviet Union East Germany Frank KegebeinEast Germany Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms)Soviet Union Nikolay KhraptsovSoviet UnionBulgaria 1971 Dimitar PekhlivanovBulgariaWest Germany Georg VlachosWest Germany Ireland Philip Sutcliffe SnrIreland Featherweight(– 57 kilograms)Soviet Union Viktor RybakovSoviet UnionBulgaria 1971 Chacho AndreykovskiBulgariaPoland Kazimierz PrzybylskiPoland Italy Carlo RussolilloItaly Lightweight(– 60 kilograms)Soviet Union Viktor DemyanenkoSoviet UnionWest Germany Rene WellerWest GermanyRomania 1965 Ilie DragomirRomania East Germany Richard NowakowskiEast Germany Light Welterweight(– 63.5 kilograms)Soviet Union Serik KonakbayevSoviet UnionItaly Patrizio OlivaItalyRomania 1965 Caroly HajnalRomania East Germany Karl-Heinz KruegerEast Germany Welterweight(– 67 kilograms)West Germany Ernst MüllerWest GermanySFR Yugoslavia Sreten MirkovićYugoslaviaRomania 1965 Ion BudusanRomania Finland Kalevi KosunenFinland Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms)SFR Yugoslavia Miodrag PerunovićYugoslaviaSoviet Union Viktor SavchenkoSoviet UnionCzech Republic Rostislav OsičkaCzechoslovakia West Germany Markus IntlekoferWest Germany Middleweight(– 75 kilograms)Finland Tarmo UusivirtaFinlandRomania 1965 Valentin SilaghiRomaniaEast Germany Manfred GebauerEast Germany Hungary Laszlo PemHungary Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms)Soviet Union Albert NikolyanSoviet UnionSFR Yugoslavia Tadija KačarYugoslaviaPoland Paweł SkrzeczPoland Romania 1965 Giorgica DoniciRomania Heavyweight(– 91 kilograms)Soviet Union Evgeny GorstkovSoviet UnionEast Germany Werner KohnertEast GermanySweden Roger AnderssonSweden Romania 1965 Ion CernatRomania Super Heavyweight(+ 91 kilograms)West Germany Peter HussingWest GermanyHungary Ferenc SomodiHungaryEast Germany Jürgen FanghänelEast Germany Soviet Union Khoren IndzheyanSoviet Union Medal table 7 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 SFR Yugoslavia 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 2 5 ROU 1965 0 2 1 BUL 1971 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 References http://sports123.com/box/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050822231430/http://sports123.com/box/index.html Boxing 2005-08-22 2012-01-23 Sports 123 dead 23.European Championships - Cologne, FRG - May 5–12, 1979 http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1979.html 2012-01-23 European Amateur Boxing Championships Boxing Category:European Amateur Boxing Championships Category:International boxing competitions hosted by Germany Category:International sports competitions hosted by West Germany European Amateur Boxing Championships Category:Sports competitions in Cologne Category:1970s in Cologne