Boris Georgiev Nikolov ( March 10, 1929 , Dobrich - January 29, 2017 [1] ) - Bulgarian middleweight boxer , in the 1950s he played for the Bulgarian national team. Bronze medalist of the Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, seven-time champion of the national championship, participant in many international tournaments and match meetings. He was awarded the Order of Stara Planina of the first degree.
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| Citizenship |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 10, 1929 | |||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Dobrich | |||||||||||
| Date of death | January 29, 2017 (87 years old) | |||||||||||
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| Weight category | 2nd medium (75 kg) | |||||||||||
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Biography
Boris Nikolov was born on March 10, 1929 in the city of Dobrich . He began to actively engage in boxing at the age of sixteen, was trained in the local boxing gym. He achieved his first serious success in the ring in 1950, when he became the champion of Bulgaria among amateurs (he subsequently repeated this achievement six more times in a row). Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki - he reached the semi-final of the second middleweight program here, after which, as the judges unanimously decided, he lost to Romanian Vasile Tice .
Having received a bronze Olympic medal (the first Olympic medal in the history of Bulgaria), Nikolov continued to enter the ring as part of the national team, taking part in all major international tournaments. So, in 1953 and 1955, he boxed at the European championships in Warsaw and Berlin, respectively, however, he could not get into the number of winners in both cases. Remaining the leader of the Bulgarian team, in 1956 he qualified for the Olympic Games in Melbourne , where in the quarterfinal of the middle weight category he lost to the Poles Zbigniew Petshikovsky in points. In 1957 he participated in the standings of the European Championship in Prague, but again was left without a medal and soon decided to end his athleteβs career, losing his place in the national team to young Bulgarian boxers. In amateur boxing, he spent 289 fights, including 54 at the international level.
After the completion of his sports career, Boris Nikolov was engaged in social activities, in 1996 he became an honorary resident of Dobrich, before the 2004 Olympics in Athens he participated in the Olympic torch relay. In 2010, by decree of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, he was awarded the Order of the First Degree βStara Planinaβ [2] .
Notes
- β The first Bulgarian Olympic champion Boris Georgiev-Mokata passed away . rus.bg. Date of treatment February 1, 2017.
- β Topsport.bg. Order of Stara Planina for Maria Grozdeva and Mokata (Bulgarian) . news.ibox.bg (December 22, 2010). Date of treatment December 31, 2013.
Links
- Boris Nikolov - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com