The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy 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. Host country England won her first gold medals in these competitions, as did Ireland in the person of 60 kg World Champion Katie Taylor.
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 PerrymanNone 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 UnionAmateur Boxing Championship Pos CountryGoldSilverBronze Total 1 4 0 4 8 2 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
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