Boris Nikolov (boxer)

Boris Nikolov
Personal information
Full name Boris Georgiev Nikolov
Born 10 March 1929 (1929-03-10) (age 87)
Dobrich, Bulgaria

Boris Georgiev Nikolov (Bulgarian: Борис Георгиев Николов (born 10 March 1929) is a boxer from Dobrich, Bulgaria.

He is 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.

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