The 2011 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 Spodek

Spodek

Spodek is a multipurpose arena complex in Katowice, Poland, opened in 1971 at 35 Korfanty Street under the name Wojewódzka Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa w Katowicach , under which it is known in the Polish technical/architectural literature, and under which it formally functioned until 1997.Aside from...

 stadium in Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 from June 6 to June 11. This was the 6th edition of this annual competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC). 84 fighters from 20 federations competed in 10 weight divisions.

Host country Poland were convincing victors in the overall medal table, with 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...

 and England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 each winning two golds. Ireland's Katie Taylor won her fourth straight gold in the 60 kg division.

Medal winners

48 kg	Meltem Akar Meltem Akar Meltem Akar is a Turkish female boxer competing in the light flyweight division.She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun....	Patrycja Bednarek	Lydia Boussaida   Sarah Bormann
51 kg	Nicola Adams Nicola Adams Nicola Adams is an English boxer, boxing for Haringey Police Community Club. she was rated world #3 in the division, behind Chinese world champion Ren Can Can and Shannon O'Connell of Australia.- Career :...	Karolina Michalczuk	Valeria Calabrese   Katalin Ancsin
54 kg	Ayşe Taş Ayşe Taş Ayşe Taş is a Turkish female boxer compeing in the Bantamweight division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing team.As of December 1, 2010, Ayşe Taş ranked second in her weight category at the "World Women's Rankings" list....	Sandra Drabik	Delphine Mancini   Csilla Nemedi
57 kg	Sandra Kruk	Svetlana Staneva	Tiina Hahl   Malva Hammadouche
60 kg	Katie Taylor	Karolina Graczyk	Chantelle Cameron   Mira Potkonen
64 kg	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,...	Oliwia Łuczak	Laetitia Chevalier   Oshin Derieuw
69 kg	Katarzyna Furmaniak	Marichelle de Jong	Jennifer Corti   Louise Traynor
75 kg	Lidia Fidura	Nouchka Fontijn	Elif Guneri   Maria Kovacs
81 kg	Timea Nagy	Sylwia Kusiak	Lauragh O'Neill
+81 kg	Anna Słowik	Şennur Demir Şennur Demir Şennur Demir is a Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is from Bartın.As well as a kickboxer, she turned pro in 2011 after she won the golden belt national title in K-1....	Lilla Sandor   Danijela Vernic

Medal count table

2010 Women's World Boxing Championship
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		4	6	0	10
2		2	1	1	4
3		2	0	1	3
4		1	0	4	5
5		1	0	2	3
6		0	2	0	2
7		0	1	0	1
8		0	0	4	4
9		0	0	2	2
10		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	19