1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships

{{Infobox games

| name = 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships

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| host_city = Warsaw

| country = Poland

| nations = 19

| athletes = 117

| events =

| dates = 17–24 May

| stadium =

| website =

| previous = 1951 Milan

| next = 1955 West Berlin

}}

The 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 17 to May 24. The tenth edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 117 fighters from 19 countries participating.

Medal winners

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Henryk Kukier
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} František Majdloch
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|{{flagicon|Italy}} Giacomo Spano
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{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Anatoli Bulakov
{{small|Soviet Union}}

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Zenon Stefaniuk
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|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Boris Stepanov
{{small|Soviet Union}}

|{{flagicon|Ireland}} John McNally
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{{flagicon|Romania|1952}} Nicolae Mindreanu
{{small|Romania}}

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Józef Kruża
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Aleksander Zasukhin
{{small|Soviet Union}}

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Hans-Peter Mehling
{{small|West Germany}}

{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} Stevan Redli
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Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Vladimir Yengibaryan
{{small|Soviet Union}}

|{{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} István Juhász
{{small|Hungary}}

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Aleksy Antkiewicz
{{small|Poland}}

{{flagicon|Finland}} Pentti Niinivuori
{{small|Finland}}

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Leszek Drogosz
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|Ireland}} Terence Milligan
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|{{flagicon|Romania|1952}} Francisc Ambrus
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{{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} Béla Szakács
{{small|Hungary}}

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Zygmunt Chychła
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Sergei Scherbakov
{{small|Soviet Union}}

|{{flagicon|Romania|1952}} Nicolae Linca
{{small|Romania}}

{{flagicon|Belgium}} Emile Vleminck
{{small|Belgium}}

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|England}} Bruce Wells
{{small|England}}

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Max Resch
{{small|West Germany}}

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
{{small|Poland}}

{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Boris Tishin
{{small|Soviet Union}}

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Dieter Wemhöner
{{small|West Germany}}

|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Bedřich Koutný
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|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Stig Sjölin
{{small|Sweden}}

{{flagicon|England}} Ronald Barton
{{small|England}}

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|East Germany}} Ulrich Nitzschke
{{small|East Germany}}

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Tadeusz Grzelak
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Yuri Yegorov
{{small|Soviet Union}}

{{flagicon|Germany}} Helmut Pfirrmann
{{small|West Germany}}

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)

|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Algirdas Šocikas
{{small|Soviet Union}}

|{{flagicon|Poland}} Bogdan Węgrzyniak
{{small|Poland}}

|{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} Tomislav Krizmanić
{{small|Yugoslavia}}

{{flagicon|Germany}} Hermann Schreibauer
{{small|West Germany}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

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| host =

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| event =

| team =

| gold_POL = 5 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 2

| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 3

| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 3

| gold_ENG = 1 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 1

| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 0

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 0

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1 | name_HUN = {{flagteam|HUN|1949}}

| gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 1 | bronze_IRL = 1

| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 3 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1952}}

| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 2

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1

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External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015159/http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Results]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080110064932/http://www.eaba.org/champ_european.html EABA Boxing]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123133/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1953.html Amateur Boxing]

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