2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 6th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from October 15 to 20, 2007. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes.[1]

2007 Women's European Boxing Championships
Host cityVejle
CountryDenmark
Dates15–20 October

Russia topped the medals table (as they had done in the five previous editions of these championships) winning 6 gold medals — no other country won more than 1. Nicola Adams became the first English woman to win a medal at a major international championship,[2] while Ireland's Katie Taylor won her division for the third successive time.[3]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Denmark)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia61310
2  Romania1247
3  Sweden1203
4  Ukraine1146
5  Hungary1113
6  Turkey1056
7  France1034
8  Ireland1001
9  Poland0224
10  Bulgaria0101
  England0101
  Norway0101
  Switzerland0101
14  Denmark*0033
15  Netherlands0011
Totals (15 entries)13132652

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Pinweight
(46kg)
  Steluța Duță   Sevda Asenova   Sofie Molholt

  Svetlana Gnevanova

Light flyweight
(48kg)
  Mónika Csík   Lidia Ion   Derya Aktop

  Sarah Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
  Sümeyra Kaya   Ewelina Pękalska   Diana Timofte

  Virginie Nave

Super flyweight
(52kg)
  Viktoria Rudenko   Shipra Nilsson   Viktoria Usachenko

  Andrea Gheju

Bantamweight
(54kg)
  Sofia Ochigava   Nicola Adams   Karolina Michalczuk

  Ludmila Hrytsay

Featherweight
(57kg)
  Elena Gorshkova   Ingrid Egner   Malene Nielsen

  Nagehan Gül

Lightweight
(60kg)
  Katie Taylor   Sandra Brugger   Yana Zavyalova

  Aizanat Gadzhieva

Super lightweight
(63kg)
  Lucie Bertaud   Klara Svensson   Yvonne Rasmussen

  Gülnar Gölçek

Welterweight
(66kg)
  Irina Poteyeva   Oliwia Łuczak   Marichelle de Jong

  Csilla Csejtei

Super welterweight
(70kg)
  Yulia Nemtsova   Luminita Turcin   Nurcan Çarkçı

  Ewa Gawenda

Middleweight
(75kg)
  Anna Laurell   Maria Yavorskaya   Olha Novikova

  Alexandra De Hutten

Light heavyweight
(80kg)
  Anna Gladkikh   Irina Komar   Selma Yağcı

  Catalina Stanga

Heavyweight
(86kg)
  Elena Surkova   Mária Kovács   Dinara Zhurgunova

  Adriana Hosu

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References

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  1. ^ "6.European Womens Championships - Vejle, Denmark - October 15-20 2007". Retrieved 2 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "Nicola makes history with a silver success". Yorkshire Evening Post. 24 Oct 2007. Retrieved 4 Aug 2011.
  3. ^ "Katie Taylor crowned European Champion for third time in a row". Irish Sports Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Boxing". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 Aug 2011.