2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships

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The 6th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from October 15 to 20, 2007. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes.[1]

Russia topped the medals table (as they had done in the five previous editions of these championships) winning 6 gold medals — no other country won more than 1. Nicola Adams became the first English woman to win a medal at a major international championship,[2] while Ireland's Katie Taylor won her division for the third successive time.[3]

Medal winners[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Pinweight
(46kg)
Romania Bulgaria Denmark

Russia

Light flyweight
(48kg)
Hungary Romania Turkey Derya Aktop

France Sarah Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
Turkey Sümeyra Kaya Poland Romania

France

Super flyweight
(52kg)
Ukraine Sweden Russia

Romania

Bantamweight
(54kg)
Russia Sofia Ochigava England Nicola Adams Poland Karolina Michalczuk

Ukraine

Featherweight
(57kg)
Russia Norway Denmark

Turkey Nagehan Gul

Lightweight
(60kg)
Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor Switzerland Ukraine

Russia

Super lightweight
(63kg)
France Lucie Bertaud Sweden Klara Svensson Denmark

Turkey

Welterweight
(66kg)
Russia Poland Oliwia Łuczak Netherlands

Hungary

Super welterweight
(70kg)
Russia Romania Turkey Nurcan Carkci

Poland

Middleweight
(75kg)
Sweden Anna Laurell Russia Ukraine

France

Light heavyweight
(80kg)
Russia Ukraine Turkey Selma Yağcı

Romania

Heavyweight
(86kg)
Russia Hungary Ukraine

Romania

[4]

Medal count table[]

  Host nation ( Denmark)

2007 European Women's Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 6 1 3 10
2  Romania 1 2 4 7
3  Sweden 1 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 1 1 4 6
5  Hungary 1 1 1 3
6  Turkey 1 0 5 6
7  France 1 0 3 4
8  Ireland 1 0 0 1
9  Poland 0 2 2 4
10  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
 England 0 1 0 1
 Norway 0 1 0 1
  Switzerland 0 1 0 1
14  Denmark 0 0 3 3
15  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
Total 13 13 26

References[]

  1. ^ "6.European Womens Championships - Vejle, Denmark - October 15-20 2007". Retrieved 2 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "Nicola makes history with a silver success". Yorkshire Evening Post. 24 Oct 2007. Retrieved 4 Aug 2011.
  3. ^ "Katie Taylor crowned European Champion for third time in a row". Irish Sports Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Boxing". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 Aug 2011.
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