The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

The European Union Amateur Boxing Championships is an annual competition for amateur boxers from the European Union and its candidate countries . The championships are organised by the continent's governing body, the European Boxing Confederation . The first edition of the men's tournament took...

were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, England

England

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 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

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 returned to top spot on the medals table with 4 gold and 4 bronze medals. Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland

Ireland

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 in the person of 60 kg World Champion

World Amateur Boxing Championships

The World Amateur Boxing Championships is a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association , which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport...

 Katie Taylor.

Medal winners

46 kg	Steluta Duta	Natalie Lungo	Serpil Yassıkaya Serpil Yassıkaya Serpil Yassıkaya is a Turkish female boxer competing in the pinweight division.-Achievements:*2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships Porto Torres, Italy 46 kg -...   Carmela Chiacchio
48 kg	Sara Ourahmoune	Lidia Ion	Jenny Hardingz   Gulseda Basibutun
50 kg	Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı Sümeyra Kaya Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı, née Kaya, is a European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the flyweight division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing club in Istanbul, Turkey....	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 Gülsüm Tatar Gülsüm Şeyma Tatar is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer. After having boxed seven years for the sports club Fenerbahçe Boxing in Istanbul, she transferred in 2010 to Birlikspor in Kayseri, Turkey....	Natasha Jonas Natasha Jonas Natasha Jonas is a British boxer, "part of Great Britain's elite female boxing squad".Initially intending to be a footballer, she spent eighteen months in the United States on a football scholarship, before returning to the United Kingdom and studying media studies at Edge Hill University,...	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 Selma Yagci Selma Yağcı is a Turkish female boxer competing in the cruiserweight division. She is a member of the Municipality club in Denizli, Turkey....	Fetti Paraschiva	Ulrike Brueckner   Beata Leśnik
86 kg	Semsi Yarali Semsi Yarali Şemsi Yaralı is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey....	Sylwia Kusiak	Adriana Hosu   Sarah Alderman

Medal count table

2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		4	0	4	8
2		3	3	1	7
3		2	4	2	8
4		2	2	2	6
5		1	2	3	6
6		1	0	1	2
7		0	1	2	3
8		0	1	1	2
9		0	0	3	3
10		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	Total	13	13	24