2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

Coordinates: 53°23′5″N 2°55′52.4″W / 53.38472°N 2.931222°W / 53.38472; -2.931222

The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the ^[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			Serpil Yassıkaya
48 kg	Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg	Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı
52 kg
54 kg	Karolina Michalczuk
57 kg			Nagehan Gul
60 kg	Katie Taylor
63 kg	Gülsüm Tatar	Natasha Jonas
66 kg
70 kg			Nikolina Orlović
75 kg
80 kg	Selma Yağcı
86 kg	Şemsi Yaralı

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

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