2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships

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2007 Women's European Boxing Championships
Host cityVejle
CountryDenmark
Dates15–20 October

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 table[edit]

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia61310
2 Romania1247
3 Sweden1203
4 Ukraine1146
5 Hungary1113
6 Turkey1056
7 France1034
8 Ireland1001
9 Poland0224
10 Bulgaria0101
 England0101
 Norway0101
 Switzerland0101
14 Denmark*0033
15 Netherlands0011
Totals (15 entries)13132652

Medal winners[edit]

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

Russia Svetlana Gnevanova

Light flyweight
(48kg)
Hungary Mónika Csík Romania Lidia Ion Turkey Derya Aktop

France Sarah Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
Turkey Sümeyra Kaya Poland Ewelina Pękalska 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 Gül

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 Gülnar Gölçek

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

Hungary Csilla Csejtei

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

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 Yağcı

Romania Catalina Stanga

Heavyweight
(86kg)
Russia Elena Surkova Hungary Mária Kovács Ukraine Dinara Zhurgunova

Romania Adriana Hosu

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References[edit]

  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.