ATHLETE

Boris Nikolov

1929 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Nikolov has received more than 2,612 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Nikolov is the 1,504th most popular athlete (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 234th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Boris Nikolov ranks 1,504 out of 6,025. Before him are Kęstutis Šapka, Ragnar Lundberg, Jean-Guy Gautier, Ivo Stefanoni, Vilmos Varjú, and Edward Stevens. After him are Igor Tselovalnikov, Takao Sakurai, Vladimir Nevzorov, Józef Grudzień, Roger Kingdom, and Erwin Casmir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Boris Nikolov ranks 476. Before him are Toimi Alatalo, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Benny Andersen, Jean-Denis Bredin, Lyubov Kozyreva, and Kiichirō Furukawa. After him are LaVern Baker, Gheorghe Fiat, Michel Knuysen, Paolo Ferrari, Basri Dirimlili, and Red Amick. Among people deceased in 2017, Boris Nikolov ranks 489. Before him are Rob Gonsalves, Aníbal Ruiz, Joseph Nicolosi, Selena Rocky Malone, Sofía Ímber, and Erin Moran. After him are Józef Grudzień, Norman Johnson, Peter Sallis, Marc Baecke, Paul Falk, and David Storey.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Boris Nikolov ranks 242 out of 415. Before him are Katya Paskaleva (1945), Aleksandar Tomov (1949), Zlatko Yankov (1966), Martin Petrov (1979), Khristo Markov (1965), and Norair Nurikyan (1948). After him are Zhivko Gospodinov (1957), Stiliyan Petrov (1979), Reneta Indzhova (1953), Ruja Ignatova (1980), Mikhail Zhelev (1943), and Basri Dirimlili (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Boris Nikolov ranks 11. Before him are Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), Mariya Petkova (1950), Diana Yorgova (1942), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Khristo Markov (1965), and Norair Nurikyan (1948). After him are Mikhail Zhelev (1943), Petar Petrov (1955), Ginka Zagorcheva (1958), Halil Mutlu (1973), Serafim Todorov (1969), and Svetla Otsetova (1950).

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