Host city | Lille |
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Country | France |
Nations | 80 |
Athletes | 76 |
Dates | 4–8 December |
Main venue | Palais St Sauveurs |
The 2007 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Palais St Sauveurs in Lille, France, from December 4 to 8. [1] This was the 2nd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
76 fighters representing 15 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. France, the host country, was the most successful with 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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46 kg | Steluța Duță | Carmela Chiacchio | Sara Hamraoui |
48 kg | Sarah Ourahmoune | Lidia Ion | Derya Aktop |
50 kg | Stoyka Petrova | Diana Timofte | Evelyn Grubich |
52 kg | Saliha Ouchen | Ayşe Taş | Shipra Nilsson |
54 kg | Giacoma Cordio [3] | Lorna Weaver | Joany Looijer |
57 kg | Nagehan Gul | Karolina Graczyk | Svetlana Kamenova |
60 kg | Gulsum Tatar | Evelyn Coolens | Kinga Siwa |
63 kg | Farida el-Hadrati | Amanda Coulson | Ewa Brodnicka |
66 kg | Ronja Holgersson [4] | Natasha Jonas | Csilla Csejtei |
70 kg | Luminita Turcin | Sylwia Kimla | Patrizia Pilo |
75 kg | Anna Laurell | Anita Ducza | Gabriela Mitran |
80 kg | Selma Yağcı | Karolina Bagnowska | Catalina Stanga None awarded |
86 kg | Mária Kovács | Adriana Hosu | Semsi Yarali None awarded |
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Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
1 | France | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
3 | Romania | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
4 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
6 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Poland [5] | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | England | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
10 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
12 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 13 | 13 | 24 |
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