2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Area Teleferica in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy[1] from June 6 to June 11. This was the 1st ever edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.

2006 Women's European Union Boxing Championships
Host citySardinia
CountryItaly
Nations17
Athletes78
Dates6–11 June
Main venueArea Teleferica
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78 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey was the most successful country with 2 gold, 4 silver and four bronze medals.[2] Italian star Simona Galassi retired from amateur boxing after winning gold in these games.[3]

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
46 kg   Steluța Duță   Valeria Calabrese   Serpil Yassıkaya

  Ewelina Pękalska

48 kg   Laura Tosti   Camelia Negrea   Jenny Hardings

  Mónika Csík

50 kg   Simona Galassi   Delphine Mancini   Ayse Yavuz

  Lidia Ion

52 kg   Sumeyra Kaya   Elena Walendzik   Saliha Ouchen

  Loredana Piazza

54 kg   Karolina Michalczuk   Natalie Kalinowski   Mihaela Cijevschi

  Kati Collander

57 kg   Dina Burger   Evelyn Coolens   Myriam Dellal

  Gonca Yılmaz

60 kg   Gülsüm Tatar   Anna Kasprzak   Sandra Brugger

  Lucie Bertaud

63 kg   Vinni Skovgaard   Amanda Coulson   Süreyya Ağıl

  Alanna Murphy

66 kg   Anna Ingman   Nurhayat Hicyakmazer   Yvonne Rasmussen
None awarded
70 kg   Aya Cissoko   Emine Ozkan None awarded

  Patrizia Pilo

75 kg   Anita Ducza   Hatice Olgundeniz   Anna Środowska
None awarded
80 kg   Beata Małek   Ulrike Bruckner None awarded
86 kg   Mária Kovács   Şemsi Yaralı   Adriana Hosu

  Paulina Szmidt

Medal count table

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2006 Women's European Union
Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Turkey 2 4 4 10
2   Poland 2 1 3 6
3   Italy 2 1 2 5
4   Hungary 2 0 1 3
5   France 1 1 3 5
  Romania 1 1 3 5
7   Denmark 1 0 1 2
  Switzerland 1 0 1 2
  Sweden 1 0 1 2
10   Germany 0 3 0 3
11   Belgium 0 1 0 1
  England 0 1 0 1
13   Finland 0 0 1 1
  Ireland 0 0 1 1
Total 13 13 21

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Boxing puts on a Show". Tg Magazine (in Italian). 8 Jun 2006. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "1st European Union Womens Championships" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  3. ^ Alfredo (2 Oct 2006). "Boxing: Rome and Porto Torres ambassadors of the European Union". Seconds Out - Free Sports Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.