2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

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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 Romania Steluta Duta Sweden Natalie Lungo Turkey Serpil Yassıkaya

Italy Carmela Chiacchio

48 kg France Sara Ourahmoune Romania Lidia Ion Sweden Jenny Hardingz

Turkey Gulseda Basibutun

50 kg Turkey Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı France Virginie Nave England Hannah Beharry

Republic of Ireland Debbie Rogers

52 kg France Saliha Ouchen England Sharon Holford Germany Elena Walendzik

Turkey Emek Yilmaz

54 kg Poland Karolina Michalczuk Italy Giacoma Cordio France Lorna Weaver

Germany Pinar Yilmaz

57 kg England Lucy Abel Poland Karolina Graczyk Greece Athina Melefaki

Turkey Nagehan Gul

60 kg Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor France Cindy Orain Poland Sandra Kruk

England Anastasia Cousins

63 kg Turkey Gulsum Tatar England Natasha Jonas Poland Kinga Siwa

Romania Larisa Rosu

66 kg France Farida el-Hadrati England Amanda Coulson Denmark Gry Espersen

Norway Lotte Lien

70 kg England Lesley Sackey France Gihade Lagmiri Italy Patrizia Pilo

Croatia Nikolina Orlovic

75 kg Romania Luminita Turcin England Lisa Perryman
80 kg Turkey Selma Yagci Romania Fetti Paraschiva Germany Ulrike Brueckner

Poland Beata Leśnik

86 kg Turkey Semsi Yarali Poland Sylwia Kusiak Romania Adriana Hosu

Scotland 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. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  2. ↑ Janusz Majcher. "3.European Union Womens Championships - Liverpool, England - August 4–8, 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  3. ↑ "Turkish Women's Team Ranks First In European Union Amateur Boxing Championships". Turkish Press. 10 Aug 2008. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  4. ↑ Siasy Collins (10 Aug 2008). "Katie Taylor & Debbie Rogers with European Union Championships success". europeanirish.com. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ourahmoune, Ouchen and El-Hadrati in gold". Fédération Française de Boxe (in French). 9 Aug 2008. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
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