2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy[1] in Liverpool, England from August 4 to 8. This was the 3rd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.

80 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey returned to top spot on the medals table with 4 gold and 4 bronze medals.[2][3] Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland in the person of 60 kg World Champion Katie Taylor.[4]

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
46 kg Steluta Duta Natalie Lungo Serpil Yassıkaya

Carmela Chiacchio
48 kg Sara Ourahmoune Lidia Ion Jenny Hardingz

Gulseda Basibutun
50 kg Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı Virginie Nave Hannah Beharry

Debbie Rogers
52 kg Saliha Ouchen Sharon Holford Elena Walendzik

Emek Yilmaz
54 kg Karolina Michalczuk Giacoma Cordio Lorna Weaver

Pinar Yilmaz
57 kg Lucy Abel Karolina Graczyk Athina Melefaki

Nagehan Gul
60 kg Katie Taylor Cindy Orain Sandra Kruk

Anastasia Cousins
63 kg Gulsum Tatar Natasha Jonas Kinga Siwa

Larisa Rosu
66 kg Farida el-Hadrati Amanda Coulson Gry Espersen

Lotte Lien
70 kg Lesley Sackey Gihade Lagmiri Patrizia Pilo

Nikolina Orlovic
75 kg Luminita Turcin Lisa Perryman
80 kg Selma Yagci Fetti Paraschiva Ulrike Brueckner

Beata Leśnik
86 kg Semsi Yarali Sylwia Kusiak Adriana Hosu

Sarah Alderman

Medal count table

2008 Women's European Union
Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Turkey 4 0 4 8
2  France[5] 3 3 1 7
3  England 2 4 2 8
4  Romania 2 2 2 6
5  Poland 1 2 3 6
6  Ireland 1 0 1 2
7  Italy 0 1 2 3
8  Sweden 0 1 1 2
9  Germany 0 0 3 3
10  Croatia 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
 Greece 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1
 Scotland 0 0 1 1
Total 13 13 24

References

  1. ^ Ben Rossington (2 Aug 2008). "Women boxers set for city contest". Liverpool Echo. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/boxing/2008/08/02/women-boxers-set-for-city-contest-100252-21452217/. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011. 
  2. ^ Janusz Majcher. "3.European Union Womens Championships - Liverpool, England - August 4–8, 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanUnionw2008.html. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011. 
  3. ^ "Turkish Women's Team Ranks First In European Union Amateur Boxing Championships". Turkish Press. 10 Aug 2008. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=246260. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011. 
  4. ^ Siasy Collins (10 Aug 2008). "Katie Taylor & Debbie Rogers with European Union Championships success". europeanirish.com. http://www.europeanirish.com/news_details.php?news_id=664. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011. 
  5. ^ "Ourahmoune, Ouchen and El-Hadrati in gold". Fédération Française de Boxe (in French). 9 Aug 2008. http://www.ffboxe.com/news.php?new_id=4551. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011. 
Men's Tournament
Women's Tournament