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Boris Nikolov

Personal information
Full name	Boris Georgiev Nikolov
Born	10 March 1929 (1929-03-10) Bazargic, Romania (today Dobrich, Bulgaria)
Died	29 January 2017(2017-01-29) (aged 87) Sofia, Bulgaria
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing  Bulgaria Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Middleweight

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 boxing in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland 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 (Poland) on points

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