2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships

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2007 Women's European Boxing Championships
Boxing pictogram.svg
Host city Vejle
Country Denmark
Dates15–20 October

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]

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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

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 61310
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1247
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1203
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1146
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1113
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1056
7Flag of France.svg  France 1034
8Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1001
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0224
10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0101
Flag of England.svg  England 0101
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0101
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0101
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark*0033
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Totals (15 entries)13132652

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Pinweight
(46kg)
Flag of Romania.svg Steluța Duță Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sevda Asenova Flag of Denmark.svg Sofie Molholt

Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Gnevanova

Light flyweight
(48kg)
Flag of Hungary.svg Mónika Csík Flag of Romania.svg Lidia Ion Flag of Turkey.svg Derya Aktop

Flag of France.svg Sarah Ourahmoune

Flyweight
(50kg)
Flag of Turkey.svg Sümeyra Kaya Flag of Poland.svg Ewelina Pękalska Flag of Romania.svg Diana Timofte

Flag of France.svg Virginie Nave

Super flyweight
(52kg)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktoria Rudenko Flag of Sweden.svg Shipra Nilsson Flag of Russia.svg Viktoria Usachenko

Flag of Romania.svg Andrea Gheju

Bantamweight
(54kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Sofia Ochigava Flag of England.svg Nicola Adams Flag of Poland.svg Karolina Michalczuk

Flag of Ukraine.svg Ludmila Hrytsay

Featherweight
(57kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Gorshkova Flag of Norway.svg Ingrid Egner Flag of Denmark.svg Malene Nielsen

Flag of Turkey.svg Nagehan Gül

Lightweight
(60kg)
Flag of Ireland.svg Katie Taylor Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandra Brugger Flag of Ukraine.svg Yana Zavyalova

Flag of Russia.svg Aizanat Gadzhieva

Super lightweight
(63kg)
Flag of France.svg Lucie Bertaud Flag of Sweden.svg Klara Svensson Flag of Denmark.svg Yvonne Rasmussen

Flag of Turkey.svg Gülnar Gölçek

Welterweight
(66kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Poteyeva Flag of Poland.svg Oliwia Łuczak Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marichelle de Jong

Flag of Hungary.svg Csilla Csejtei

Super welterweight
(70kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Yulia Nemtsova Flag of Romania.svg Luminita Turcin Flag of Turkey.svg Nurcan Çarkçı

Flag of Poland.svg Ewa Gawenda

Middleweight
(75kg)
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Laurell Flag of Russia.svg Maria Yavorskaya Flag of Ukraine.svg Olha Novikova

Flag of France.svg Alexandra De Hutten

Light heavyweight
(80kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Gladkikh Flag of Ukraine.svg Irina Komar Flag of Turkey.svg Selma Yağcı

Flag of Romania.svg Catalina Stanga

Heavyweight
(86kg)
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Surkova Flag of Hungary.svg Mária Kovács Flag of Ukraine.svg Dinara Zhurgunova

Flag of Romania.svg Adriana Hosu

[4]

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