2006 Women's European Union Boxing Championships
Host citySardinia
CountryItaly
Nations17
Athletes78
Dates6–11 June
Main venueArea Teleferica

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.

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 Romania Steluța Duță Italy Valeria Calabrese Turkey Serpil Yassıkaya

Poland Ewelina Pękalska

48 kg Italy Laura Tosti Romania Camelia Negrea Sweden Jenny Hardings

Hungary Mónika Csík

50 kg Italy Simona Galassi France Delphine Mancini Turkey Ayse Yavuz

Romania Lidia Ion

52 kg Turkey Sumeyra Kaya Germany Elena Walendzik France Saliha Ouchen

Italy Loredana Piazza

54 kg Poland Karolina Michalczuk Germany Natalie Kalinowski Romania Mihaela Cijevschi

Finland Kati Collander

57 kg Switzerland Dina Burger Belgium Evelyn Coolens France Myriam Dellal

Turkey Gonca Yılmaz

60 kg Turkey Gülsüm Tatar Poland Anna Kasprzak Switzerland Sandra Brugger

France Lucie Bertaud

63 kg Denmark Vinni Skovgaard England Amanda Coulson Turkey Süreyya Ağıl

Republic of Ireland Alanna Murphy

66 kg Sweden Anna Ingman Turkey Nurhayat Hicyakmazer Denmark Yvonne Rasmussen
None awarded
70 kg France Aya Cissoko Turkey Emine Ozkan None awarded

Italy Patrizia Pilo

75 kg Hungary Anita Ducza Turkey Hatice Olgundeniz Poland Anna Środowska
None awarded
80 kg Poland Beata Małek Germany Ulrike Bruckner None awarded
86 kg Hungary Mária Kovács Turkey Şemsi Yaralı Romania Adriana Hosu

Poland Paulina Szmidt

Medal count table

2006 Women's European Union
Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Turkey 24410
2  Poland 2136
3  Italy 2125
4  Hungary 2013
5  France 1135
 Romania 1135
7  Denmark 1012
  Switzerland 1012
 Sweden 1012
10  Germany 0303
11  Belgium 0101
 England 0101
13  Finland 0011
 Ireland 0011
Total 131321

References

  1. "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.
  2. "1st European Union Womens Championships" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  3. 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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