2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

2008 Women's European Union Boxing Championships
Host City:	Liverpool
Country:	England
Nations:	17
Athletes:	80
Dates:	4–8 August
Stadium:	Greenback Sports Academy
Previous:	2007

The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy^[1] in Liverpool, England 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 returned to top spot on the medals table with 4 gold and 4 bronze medals.^{[2] [3]} Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland in the person of 60 kg World Champion Katie Taylor.^[4]

Medal winners

46 kg	Steluța Duță	Natalie Lungo	Serpil Yassıkaya Carmela Chiacchio
48 kg	Sarah Ourahmoune	Lidia Ion	Jenny Hardingz Gülseda Başıbütün
50 kg	Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı	Virginie Nave	Hannah Beharry Debbie Rogers
52 kg	Saliha Ouchen	Sharon Holford	Elena Walendzik Emek Yılmaz
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	Gülsüm Tatar	Natasha Jonas	Kinga Siwa Larisa Rosu
66 kg	Farida el-Hadrati	Amanda Coulson	Gry Espersen Lotte Lien
70 kg	Lesley Sackey	Gihade Lagmiri	Patrizia Pilo Nikolina Orlović
75 kg	Luminita Turcin	Lisa Perryman	None awarded None awarded
80 kg	Selma Yağcı	Fetti Paraschiva	Ulrike Brueckner Beata Leśnik
86 kg	Şemsi Yaralı	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	^[5]	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

References

1. Web site: Women boxers set for city contest. Liverpool Echo. Ben Rossington. 2 Aug 2008. 1 Aug 2011.
2. Web site: 3.European Union Womens Championships - Liverpool, England - August 4–8, 2008. Janusz Majcher. amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. 1 Aug 2011.
3. Web site: Turkish Women's Team Ranks First In European Union Amateur Boxing Championships. Turkish Press. 10 Aug 2008. 1 Aug 2011.
4. Web site: Katie Taylor & Debbie Rogers with European Union Championships success. europeanirish.com. Siasy Collins. 10 Aug 2008. 1 Aug 2011. https://archive.today/20130122114944/http://www.europeanirish.com/news_details.php?news_id=664. 22 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Ourahmoune, Ouchen and El-Hadrati in gold. Fédération Française de Boxe (in French). 9 Aug 2008. 1 Aug 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321090456/http://www.ffboxe.com/news.php?new_id=4551. 21 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.