2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy[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 Steluta Duta Natalie Lungo Serpil Yassıkaya

Carmela Chiacchio

48 kg Sara Ourahmoune Lidia Ion Jenny Hardingz

Gulseda Basibutun

50 kg Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı Virginie Nave Hannah Beharry

Debbie Rogers

52 kg Saliha Ouchen Sharon Holford Elena Walendzik

Emek Yilmaz

54 kg Karolina Michalczuk Giacoma Cordio Lorna Weaver

Pinar Yilmaz

57 kg Lucy Abel Karolina Graczyk Athina Melefaki

Nagehan Gul

60 kg Katie Taylor Cindy Orain Sandra Kruk

Anastasia Cousins

63 kg Gulsum Tatar Natasha Jonas Kinga Siwa

Larisa Rosu

66 kg Farida el-Hadrati Amanda Coulson Gry Espersen

Lotte Lien

70 kg Lesley Sackey Gihade Lagmiri Patrizia Pilo

Nikolina Orlovic

75 kg Luminita Turcin Lisa Perryman
80 kg Selma Yagci Fetti Paraschiva Ulrike Brueckner

Beata Leśnik

86 kg Semsi Yarali Sylwia Kusiak Adriana Hosu

Sarah Alderman

Medal count table
2008 Women's European Union
Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Turkey 4048
2  France[5] 3317
3  England 2428
4  Romania 2226
5  Poland 1236
6  Ireland 1012
7  Italy 0123
8  Sweden 0112
9  Germany 0033
10  Croatia 0011
 Denmark 0011
 Greece 0011
 Norway 0011
 Scotland 0011
Total 131324

References
  1. Ben Rossington (2 Aug 2008). "Women boxers set for city contest". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  2. Janusz Majcher. "3.European Union Womens Championships - Liverpool, England - August 4–8, 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  3. "Turkish Women's Team Ranks First In European Union Amateur Boxing Championships". Turkish Press. 10 Aug 2008. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  4. Siasy Collins (10 August 2008). "Katie Taylor & Debbie Rogers with European Union Championships success". europeanirish.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. "Ourahmoune, Ouchen and El-Hadrati in gold". Fédération Française de Boxe (in French). 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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