2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships

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[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Pinweight
(46kg)
Romania Steluta Duta Bulgaria Sevda Asenova Denmark Sofie Molholt

Russia Svetlana Gnevanova

Light flyweight
(48kg)
Hungary Monika Csik Romania Lidia Ion Turkey Derya Aktop

France Sara Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
Turkey Sumeyra Kaya Poland Ewelina Pekalska Romania Diana Timofte

France Virginie Nave

Super flyweight
(52kg)
Ukraine Viktoria Rudenko Sweden Shipra Nilsson Russia Viktoria Usachenko

Romania Andrea Gheju

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

Ukraine Ludmila Hrytsay

Featherweight
(57kg)
Russia Elena Gorshkova Norway Ingrid Egner Denmark Malene Nielsen

Turkey Nagehan Gul

Lightweight
(60kg)
Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor Switzerland Sandra Brugger Ukraine Yana Zavyalova

Russia Aizanat Gadzhieva

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

Turkey Gulnar Golcek

Welterweight
(66kg)
Russia Irina Poteyeva Poland Oliwia Luczak Netherlands Marichelle de Jong

Hungary Csilla Csejtei

Super welterweight
(70kg)
Russia Yulia Nemtsova Romania Luminita Turcin Turkey Nurcan Carkci

Poland Ewa Gawenda

Middleweight
(75kg)
Sweden Anna Laurell Russia Maria Yavorskaya Ukraine Olha Novikova

France Alexandra De Hutten

Light heavyweight
(80kg)
Russia Anna Gladkikh Ukraine Irina Komar Turkey Selma Yagci

Romania Catalina Stanga

Heavyweight
(86kg)
Russia Elena Surkova Hungary Maria Kovacs Ukraine Dinara Zhurgunova

Romania Adriana Hosu

Medal count table

  Host nation ( Denmark)

2007 European Women's Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 61310
2  Romania 1247
3  Sweden 1203
4  Ukraine 1146
5  Hungary 1113
6  Turkey 1056
7  France 1034
8  Ireland 1001
9  Poland 0224
10  Bulgaria 0101
 England 0101
 Norway 0101
  Switzerland 0101
14  Denmark 0033
15  Netherlands 0011
Total 131326

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. Retrieved 4 Aug 2011.
  4. "Boxing". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 Aug 2011.
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