2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Area Teleferica in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy[1] from June 6 to June 11. This was the 1st ever edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
| Host city | Sardinia |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Nations | 17 |
| Athletes | 78 |
| Dates | 6–11 June |
| Main venue | Area Teleferica |
78 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey was the most successful country with 2 gold, 4 silver and four bronze medals.[2] Italian star Simona Galassi retired from amateur boxing after winning gold in these games.[3]
Medal winners
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 kg | Steluța Duță | Valeria Calabrese | Serpil Yassıkaya |
| 48 kg | Laura Tosti | Camelia Negrea | Jenny Hardings |
| 50 kg | Simona Galassi | Delphine Mancini | Ayse Yavuz |
| 52 kg | Sumeyra Kaya | Elena Walendzik | Saliha Ouchen |
| 54 kg | Karolina Michalczuk | Natalie Kalinowski | Mihaela Cijevschi |
| 57 kg | Dina Burger | Evelyn Coolens | Myriam Dellal |
| 60 kg | Gülsüm Tatar | Anna Kasprzak | Sandra Brugger |
| 63 kg | Vinni Skovgaard | Amanda Coulson | Süreyya Ağıl |
| 66 kg | Anna Ingman | Nurhayat Hicyakmazer | Yvonne Rasmussen None awarded |
| 70 kg | Aya Cissoko | Emine Ozkan | None awarded |
| 75 kg | Anita Ducza | Hatice Olgundeniz | Anna Środowska None awarded |
| 80 kg | Beata Małek | Ulrike Bruckner | None awarded |
| 86 kg | Mária Kovács | Şemsi Yaralı | Adriana Hosu |
Medal count table
| 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 13 | 13 | 21 | |||
References
- "Women's Boxing puts on a Show". Tg Magazine (in Italian). 8 Jun 2006. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
- "1st European Union Womens Championships" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
- Alfredo (2 Oct 2006). "Boxing: Rome and Porto Torres ambassadors of the European Union". Seconds Out - Free Sports Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
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