2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

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The 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the 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.

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[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
46kg Romania Italy Turkey Serpil Yassıkaya

Poland

48kg Italy Romania Sweden

Hungary

50kg Italy Simona Galassi France Turkey

Romania

52kg Turkey Sumeyra Kaya Germany France

Italy

54kg Poland Karolina Michalczuk Germany Romania

Finland

57kg Switzerland Belgium France

Turkey

60kg Turkey Gülsüm Tatar Poland Anna Kasprzak Switzerland

France Lucie Bertaud

63kg Denmark England Turkey

Republic of Ireland

66kg Sweden Turkey Nurhayat Hicyakmazer Denmark
70kg France Turkey

Italy

75kg Hungary Turkey Poland
80kg Poland Germany
86kg Hungary Turkey Şemsi Yaralı Romania

Poland

Medal count table[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Women's Boxing puts on a Show". Tg Magazine (in Italian). 8 Jun 2006. 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.
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