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

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

Svetlana Gnevanova

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

Sara Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
Sumeyra Kaya Ewelina Pekalska Diana Timofte

Virginie Nave

Super flyweight
(52kg)
Viktoria Rudenko Shipra Nilsson Viktoria Usachenko

Andrea Gheju

Bantamweight
(54kg)
Sofia Ochigava Nicola Adams Karolina Michalczuk

Ludmila Hrytsay

Featherweight
(57kg)
Elena Gorshkova Ingrid Egner Malene Nielsen

Nagehan Gul

Lightweight
(60kg)
Katie Taylor Sandra Brugger Yana Zavyalova

Aizanat Gadzhieva

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

Gulnar Golcek

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

Csilla Csejtei

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

Ewa Gawenda

Middleweight
(75kg)
Anna Laurell Maria Yavorskaya Olha Novikova

Alexandra De Hutten

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

Catalina Stanga

Heavyweight
(86kg)
Elena Surkova Maria Kovacs Dinara Zhurgunova

Adriana Hosu

[4]

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. 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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