2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships

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.

Not to be confused with 2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships.

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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
46kg Steluța Duță Valeria Calabrese Serpil Yassıkaya

Ewelina Pękalska

48kg Laura Tosti Camelia Negrea Jenny Hardings

Mónika Csík

50kg Simona Galassi Delphine Mancini Ayse Yavuz

Lidia Ion

52kg Sumeyra Kaya Elena Walendzik Saliha Ouchen

Loredana Piazza

54kg Karolina Michalczuk Natalie Kalinowski Mihaela Cijevschi

Kati Collander

57kg Dina Burger Evelyn Coolens Myriam Dellal

Gonca Yılmaz

60kg Gülsüm Tatar Anna Kasprzak Sandra Brugger

Lucie Bertaud

63kg Vinni Skovgaard Amanda Coulson Süreyya Ağıl

Alanna Murphy

66kg Anna Ingman Nurhayat Hicyakmazer Yvonne Rasmussen
70kg Aya Cissoko Emine Ozkan

Patrizia Pilo

75kg Anita Ducza Hatice Olgundeniz Anna Środowska
80kg Beata Małek Ulrike Bruckner
86kg 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  Turkey 24410
2  Poland 2136
3  Italy 2125
4  Hungary 2013
5  France 1135
 Romania 1135
7  Denmark 1012
  Switzerland 1012
 Sweden 1012
10  Germany 0303
11  Belgium 0101
 England 0101
13  Finland 0011
 Ireland 0011
Total 131321

References
  1. "Women's Boxing puts on a Show". Tg Magazine (in Italian). 8 Jun 2006. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  2. "1st European Union Womens Championships" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
  3. Alfredo (2 Oct 2006). "Boxing: Rome and Porto Torres ambassadors of the European Union". Seconds Out - Free Sports Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
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