Boris Georgiev Nikolov ( bg, Борис Георгиев Николов; 10 March 1929 – 29 January 2017) was a Bulgarian boxer from

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Nikolov was the first Bulgarian ever to win a medal at the Olympics. He competed for Bulgaria in boxing in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in

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in the middleweight event where he finished in third place and took a Bronze medal. He also competed at the 1956 Olympics as a light middleweight but did not win a medal. In 2010 he was awarded the Stara Planina Order 1st class.

1956 Olympic results

Below is the record of Boris Nikolov, a Bulgarian light middleweight boxer who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics: * Round of 16: defeated Muhammad Saftar (Pakistan) on points * Quarterfinal: lost to

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 October 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer. He took part in three Olympic Games, each time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the light middleweight division, after losing in the ...

(Poland) on points

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1929 births 2017 deaths Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Dobrich Middleweight boxers {{bulgaria-boxing-bio-stub