Anatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov

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Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Bulakow ( Russian Анатолий Николаевич Булаков ; born February 3, 1930 in Moscow , † September 19, 1994 ) was a Soviet boxer . He was a bronze medal winner at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in flyweight.

Career

Anatoly Bulakov, a Muscovite, started boxing as a teenager. After drawing attention to himself in the junior sector, he was delegated to the Moscow top club "Dynamo" in 1948. From then on he was also a member of the Soviet security forces.

His first major sporting success came in 1949. He became the Soviet flyweight champion (up to 51 kg body weight) by winning the final over Lev Segalowitsch. In 1950 he was able to defend this title, again defeating Lev Segalowitsch in the final. In the same year he also won an international flyweight tournament in Warsaw .

In 1951 he won the Soviet flyweight championship again with a victory in the final battle over Boris Stepanov . He has not yet started at an international championship this year. Originally the Soviet Union had planned to take part in the European championships for amateur boxers in Milan , but for political reasons this project was stopped, to the chagrin of the athletes.

The year 1952 began Anatoly Bulakow with a point victory in Moscow in the international match between the USSR and Poland over Henryk Kukier . Then he won the Soviet championship for the fourth time with a victory over R. Kaladschiew. His start at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 became the high point in Anatoly Bulakov's career. He beat there in the flyweight Henrik van der Zee from the Netherlands, won in the quarterfinals over the reigning European champion from 1951 Aristide Pozzali from Italy on points and in the quarterfinals defeated the later European champion of professional boxers Dai Dower from England on points. In the semifinals, he met the German Edgar Basel from Weinheim . In a dogged but fair fight, Edgar Basel was ultimately the happier, because he was awarded a 2-1 point win. Anatoly Bulakov therefore only got the bronze medal .

After Anatoly Bulakow became Soviet flyweight champion for the fifth time with a victory over N. Belytsch in 1953, he also started at the European Championships in Warsaw , where he initially won over the Finns Limmonen on points, but lost to Henryk Kukier on points in the semifinals, missed the final, but won a European Championship bronze medal.

In 1954 Anatoly Bulakov won the Soviet flyweight championship for the last time. He had made an impressive run with it, because from 1949 to 1954 he had become Soviet champions six times in a row. Nevertheless, this was the end of his successful boxer career. In 1955 he was replaced by Vladimir Stolnikov at national and international level .

International success

Soviet championships

(all flyweight)

  • 1949, 1. Anatoly Bulakow, 2. Lev Segalowitsch, 3. W. Kudryavtschew,
  • 1950, 1. Anatoli Bulakow, 2. Lev Segalowitsch, 3. Boris Stepanow,
  • 1951, 1. Anatoly Bulakow, 2. Boris Stepanow , 3. R. Usmanow,
  • 1952, 1. Anatoly Bulakow, 2. R. Kaladschiew, 3. N. Gusew,
  • 1953, 1. Anatoly Bulakow, 2. N. Belytsch, 3. R. Kaldschiew,
  • 1954, 1. Anatoly Bulakow, 2. N. Belytsch, 3. L. Pantyushin

swell

  • Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1955,
  • Box Almanach 1920 - 1980 , published by the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
  • Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bulakow, Anatoly Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Булаков, Анатолий Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet boxer
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1994