{{short description|Boxing competitions}} {{Infobox games | name = 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships | logo = | host_city = [[Warsaw]] | country = [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] | nations = 19 | athletes = 117 | events = | dates = 17–24 May | stadium = | website = | previous = [[1951 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1951 Milan]] | next = [[1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships|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 (boxing)|EABA]]. There were 117 fighters from 19 countries participating.

==Medal winners== <!--- please do not change the capitalisation of this format.---> {|{{MedalistTable}} |- | '''Flyweight<br>(&ndash; 51 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Henryk Kukier]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[František Majdloch]]<br>{{small|Czechoslovakia}} |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giacomo Spano]]<br>{{small|Italy}} {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Anatoli Bulakov]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |- | '''Bantamweight<br>(&ndash; 54 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zenon Stefaniuk]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Boris Stepanov]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[John McNally (boxer)|John McNally]]<br>{{small|Ireland}} {{flagicon|Romania|1952}} [[Nicolae Mindreanu]]<br>{{small|Romania}} |- | '''Featherweight<br>(&ndash; 57 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Józef Kruża]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Aleksander Zasukhin]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Hans-Peter Mehling]]<br>{{small|West Germany}} {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Stevan Redli]]<br>{{small|Yugoslavia}} |- | '''Lightweight<br>(&ndash; 60 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Vladimir Yengibaryan]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |{{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} [[István Juhász (boxer)|István Juhász]]<br>{{small|Hungary}} |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Aleksy Antkiewicz]]<br>{{small|Poland}} {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Pentti Niinivuori]]<br>{{small|Finland}} |- | '''Light Welterweight<br>(&ndash; 63.5 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Leszek Drogosz]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Terence Milligan]]<br>{{small|Ireland}} |{{flagicon|Romania|1952}} [[Francisc Ambrus]]<br>{{small|Romania}} {{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} [[Béla Szakács]]<br>{{small|Hungary}} |- | '''Welterweight<br>(&ndash; 67 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zygmunt Chychła]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Sergei Scherbakov]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |{{flagicon|Romania|1952}} [[Nicolae Linca]]<br>{{small|Romania}} {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Emile Vleminck]]<br>{{small|Belgium}} |- | '''Light Middleweight<br>(&ndash; 71 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|England}} [[Bruce Wells]]<br>{{small|England}} |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Max Resch]]<br>{{small|West Germany}} |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zbigniew Pietrzykowski]]<br>{{small|Poland}} {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Boris Tishin]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |- | '''Middleweight<br>(&ndash; 75 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Dieter Wemhöner]]<br>{{small|West Germany}} |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Bedřich Koutný]]<br>{{small|Czechoslovakia}} |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stig Sjölin]]<br>{{small|Sweden}} {{flagicon|England}} [[Ronald Barton]]<br>{{small|England}} |- | '''Light Heavyweight<br>(&ndash; 81 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|East Germany|1949}} [[Ulrich Nitzschke]]<br>{{small|East Germany}} |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tadeusz Grzelak]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Yuri Yegorov]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Helmut Pfirrmann]]<br>{{small|West Germany}} |- | '''Heavyweight<br>(+ 81 kilograms)''' |{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Algirdas Šocikas]]<br>{{small|Soviet Union}} |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Bogdan Węgrzyniak]]<br>{{small|Poland}} |{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Tomislav Krizmanić (boxer)|Tomislav Krizmanić]]<br>{{small|Yugoslavia}} {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Hermann Schreibauer]]<br>{{small|West Germany}} |}

==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = | 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 }}

==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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