2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

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2008 Women's European Union Boxing Championships
Host cityLiverpool
CountryEngland
Nations17
Athletes80
Dates4–8 August
Main venueGreenback Sports Academy
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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 edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
46 kg   Steluța Duță   Natalie Lungo   Serpil Yassıkaya

  Carmela Chiacchio

48 kg   Sarah Ourahmoune   Lidia Ion   Jenny Hardingz

  Gülseda Başıbütün

50 kg   Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı   Virginie Nave   Hannah Beharry

  Debbie Rogers

52 kg   Saliha Ouchen   Sharon Holford   Elena Walendzik

  Emek Yılmaz

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   Gülsüm 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 Orlović

75 kg   Luminita Turcin   Lisa Perryman None awarded
None awarded
80 kg   Selma Yağcı   Fetti Paraschiva   Ulrike Brueckner

  Beata Leśnik

86 kg   Şemsi Yaralı   Sylwia Kusiak   Adriana Hosu

  Sarah Alderman

Medal count table edit

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 edit

  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 August 2008). "Katie Taylor & Debbie Rogers with European Union Championships success". europeanirish.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Ourahmoune, Ouchen and El-Hadrati in gold". Fédération Française de Boxe (in French). 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.