2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships should not be confused with 2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships.

2006 Women's European Union Boxing Championships
Host City:	Sardinia
Country:	Italy
Nations:	17
Athletes:	78
Dates:	6–11 June
Stadium:	Area 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

46 kg	Steluța Duță	Valeria Calabrese	Serpil Yassıkaya Ewelina Pękalska
48 kg	Laura Tosti	Camelia Negrea	Jenny Hardings Mónika Csík
50 kg	Simona Galassi	Delphine Mancini	Ayse Yavuz Lidia Ion
52 kg	Sumeyra Kaya	Elena Walendzik	Saliha Ouchen Loredana Piazza
54 kg	Karolina Michalczuk	Natalie Kalinowski	Mihaela Cijevschi Kati Collander
57 kg	Dina Burger	Evelyn Coolens	Myriam Dellal Gonca Yılmaz
60 kg	Gülsüm Tatar	Anna Kasprzak	Sandra Brugger Lucie Bertaud
63 kg	Vinni Skovgaard	Amanda Coulson	Süreyya Ağıl Alanna Murphy
66 kg	Anna Ingman	Nurhayat Hicyakmazer	Yvonne Rasmussen None awarded
70 kg	Aya Cissoko	Emine Ozkan	None awarded Patrizia Pilo
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 Paulina Szmidt

Medal count table

2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championship
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		2	4	4	10
2		2	1	3	6
3		2	1	2	5
4		2	0	1	3
5		1	1	3	5
		1	1	3	5
7		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
10		0	3	0	3
11		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
13		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	Total	13	13	21

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's Boxing puts on a Show. Tg Magazine (in Italian). 8 Jun 2006. 1 Aug 2011. 2 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070302140507/http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/tgmagazine/articoli/articolo313142.shtml. dead.
2. Web site: 1st European Union Womens Championships . International Boxing Association . 1 Aug 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230224/http://old.aiba.org/uploads/results/1st_European_Union_Womens_Championships.pdf . 2011-07-24.
3. Web site: Boxing: Rome and Porto Torres ambassadors of the European Union. Seconds Out - Free Sports Magazine (in Italian). Alfredo. 2 Oct 2006. 1 Aug 2011.