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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 2,470 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Nikolov is the 1,262nd most popular athlete, the 234th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 11th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Boris Nikolov ranks 1,262 out of 3,059. Before him are Marie-José Pérec, Halil Mutlu, Joseph Vissers, Niels Holst-Sørensen, David Curtiss Munson, and Nikolay Smaga. After him are Cathy Freeman, Charley Borah, Kalevi Hämäläinen, Frank Greer, Roger Beaufrand, and Bruno Visintin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Boris Nikolov ranks 434. Before him are Wolfgang Peters, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Kiichirō Furukawa, Vivien Merchant, and Desmond Hoyte. After him are LaVern Baker, Pete George, Bhanu Athaiya, Ahmed Kathrada, Amanda Blake, and Joseph Mascolo. Among people deceased in 2017, Boris Nikolov ranks 466. Before him are Kurt Marti, Henri Emmanuelli, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Cy Young, Giorgio Capitani, and George Mostow. After him are Ronald Drever, Larissa Volpert, Michele Scarponi, Józef Grudzień, Catherine Hardy Lavender, and Cécile DeWitt-Morette.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Boris Nikolov ranks 234 out of 372. Before him are Tsetska Tsacheva (1958), Todor Diev (1934), Vasil Metodiev (1935), Stanislav Ianevski (1985), Zlatko Yankov (1966), and Halil Mutlu (1973). After him are Reneta Indzhova (1953), Nasko Sirakov (1962), Petar Petrov (1955), Philip Dimitrov (1955), Valentin Yordanov (1960), and George Baker (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Boris Nikolov ranks 11. Before him are Mikhail Zhelev (1943), Diana Yorgova (1942), Mariya Petkova (1950), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Norair Nurikyan (1948), and Halil Mutlu (1973). After him are Petar Petrov (1955), Khristo Markov (1965), Serafim Todorov (1969), Nikolina Shtereva (1955), Tsvetanka Khristova (1962), and Ginka Zagorcheva (1958).

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