Boris Nikolov

Name: Boris Nikolov
Hometown: Dobrich, Bulgaria
Birthplace: Dobrich, Bulgaria
Died: 2017-01-29 (Age:87)
Amateur Boxer: Record

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

Nikolov was the first Bulgarian ever to win a medal at the Olympics. He competed for Bulgaria in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the middleweight event where he finished in third place and took a Bronze medal. In 2010 he was awarded the Stara Planina Order 1st class.

Olympic games results

1952 (as a middleweight)

• Defeated Alfred Stuermer (Luxembourg) 3-0
• Defeated Terence Gooding (Great Britain) 2-1
• Defeated Dieter Wemhöner (Germany) 3-0
• Lost to Vasile Tita (Romania) 0-3 (semi-final match)

1956 (as a Light middleweight)

• Defeated Muhammad Safdar (Pakistan) PTS
• Lost to Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (Poland) PTS