2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship
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The 2008 AIBA
International Boxing Association
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 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
World Amateur Boxing Championships
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was an international women's boxing
Women's boxing
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 competition hosted by China
China
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 from November 22 to 29, 2008 in Ningbo City. It was the 5th championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, USA.

The World Championship was contested in 13 weight disciplines by 237 amateur women boxers from 42 countries, and was conducted in the Ningbo Sports Center.

China
China
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 won five gold, two silver and four bronze medals, while Turkey
Turkey
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 finished second with two gold and two bronze medals, followed by Canada
Canada
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 with a tally of 2-0-1. India
India
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, the champion in the 2006 edition, were fourth with one gold, one silver and two bronze.

Participating nations

Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China Cameroon Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Egypt France Gambia Germany Hong Kong Hungary Indonesia India Ireland Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Mongolia Netherlands North Korea Norway Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of China Romania Russia South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey
Turkey at the 2008 World Women's Boxing Championship
Turkey participated in the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship held between November 22-29, 2008 at Ningbo Sports Center in Ningbo City, China....

 Ukraine USA Vietnam

Results

Bronze medals are awarded to both losing semi-finalists.
2008 Women's World Boxing Championship
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
46 kg   Mary Kom
Mary Kom
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  Steluta Duta   Josie Gabuco   Jong Ok
48 kg   Chen Ying   Sarah Ourahmoune   Alexandra Kuleshova   Jenny Haedingz
50 kg   Kim Hyang Ok   Elena Savelyeva   Chhoto Loura   Analisa Cruz
52 kg   Ren Can Can   Annie Albania   Viktoria Rudenko   Laishram Sarita
54 kg   Karolina Michalczuk   Nicola Adams
Nicola Adams
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  Zhang Qin   Cynthia Marella Moreno
57 kg   Qin Jian   Usha Nagisetty
Usha Nagisetty
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  Edina Pezdany   Sofya Ochigava
60 kg   Katie Taylor   Cheng Dong   Cindy Orain   Ayzznat Gadzhieva
63 kg   Gülsüm Tatar
Gülsüm Tatar
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  Liubov Lopatina   Klara Svensson   Jian Xia Ma
66 kg   Mary Spencer
Mary Spencer
Mary Spencer Mary Spencer Mary Spencer (born December 12, 1984 is a Canadian boxer who currently competes as a 75 kilogram middleweight. She has won three World Championships, five Pan American Games gold medals, and eight Canadian Championships. Spencer began serious boxing training in 2002. As of...

  Vanessa Nicol Jackson   Qian Wang   Suk Yong Ri
70 kg   Arianne Fortin   Yang Ting Ting   Yelena Koltsova   Nurcan Çarkçı
Nurcan Çarkçi
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75 kg   Li Jin Zi   Anna Laurel   Anita Ducza   Amber Konikow
80 kg   Tang Jie Li   Mioshia Wagoner   Fetti Paraschiva   Selma Yağcı
Selma Yagci
Selma Yağcı is a Turkish female boxer competing in the cruiserweight division. She is a member of the Municipality club in Denizli, Turkey....

86 kg   Şemsi Yaralı
Semsi Yarali
Şemsi Yaralı is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey....

  Adriana Hosu   Zhang Li Na   Tiffanie Nichole Hearn

Medal count table

2008 Women's World Boxing Championship
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   China
China
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5 2 4 11
2   Turkey
Turkey at the 2008 World Women's Boxing Championship
Turkey participated in the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship held between November 22-29, 2008 at Ningbo Sports Center in Ningbo City, China....

2 2 4
3   Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

2 1 3
4   India
India
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1 1 2 4
5   North Korea
North Korea
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1 2 3
6   Ireland
Ireland
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1 1
6=   Poland
Poland
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1 1
8   Russia
Russia
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2 3 5
9   Romania
Romania
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2 1 3
10   Philippines
Philippines
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1 2 3
10=   Sweden
Sweden
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1 2 3
10=   US
United States
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1 2 3
13   Ukraine
Ukraine
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1 1 2
13=   France
France
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1 1 2
15   England
England
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1 1
16   Hungary
Hungary
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2 2
17   Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
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1 1
Total 13 13 26 52

Preliminary rounds

November 22, 2008
Weight Red Blue
48 kg
Kalpana Chowdhury   5 - 6   Jacqueline Park
Monika Csik   2 - 7   Alice Kate Aparri
Sofie Maja Molholt   10 - 5   Pin Meng-chieh
Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam   3 - 13   Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg
Indri Sambaimana   4 - 12   Naoko Fujioka
Bolortuul Tumurkhuyag   3 - 11   Diana Timofte
Rasha Arafa   0 - 12   Sumeyra Yazici
Kim Hyang Ok   11 - 1   Sandra Silva
Cheryl Lyn Houlihan   1 - 10   Li Si Yuan
Mandy Bujold   7 - 2   Stella Soares
54 kg
Papita Sabina   2 - 10   Ri Chung Son
Flordelyn Digmayo   1 - 9   Nguyen Thi Hue
Abigael Busira Yunike   2 - 10   Chen Chia-ling
Suvd-Erdene Oyungerel   9 - 6   Maria Pittiglio
Cynthia Marella Moreno   10 - 4   Cindy Metz
Debora Dioncius   5 - 7   Sushma Kumari Yadav
Sofija Sidorova   14 - 2   Oxana Koroleva
Lyudmyla Hrytsay   1 - 8   Nicola Adams
Meryem Zeybek Aslan   2 - 6   Liudmila Bondarenko
Lorna Weaver   9 - 7   Melissa Guillemette
Jang A Eun   10 - 5   Mary Greg
60 kg
Nguyen Thi Vui   1 - 11   Ayzznat Gadzhieva
Gonca Yilmaz   0 - 12   Danusa Dilhofova
Katie Taylor   20 - 3   Emma Carruthers
Araujo Adriana   5 - 11   Peralta Celeste
Sandra Bruegger   13 - 3   Mikako Inagaki
November 23, 2008
Weight Red Blue
46 kg
Nguyen Thi Hoa   3 - 7   Josie Gabuco
Natalie Lungo-Vesenne   RSC R2 1:39   Ariunjargal Battulga
Svetlana Gnevanova   5 - 7   Steluta Duta
Anusha Kodithuwakku   3 - 10   Nazgul Boranbayeva
Lin Wang-ting   3 - 6   Jong Ok
Risa Sugimoto   1 - 24   Mary Kom
Guan Xiao Feng   9 - 0   Serpil Yassikaya
52 kg
Jagoda Karge   7 - +7   Shakhnoza Issakhanova
Laishram Sarita   12 - 5   Ouchen Saliha
Nana Yoshikawa   3 - 15   Samiha Hassan
57 kg
Ingrid Egner   1 - 9   Yun Kum Ju
Mariya Sobchuk   2 - 15   Sofya Ochigava
Sapreen Ail   1 - 15   Karolina Graczyk
Qin Jian   12 - 3   Tasheena Bugar
Cheng Ting-chun   1 - 9   Tatjana Obradovic
Jamila Jones   4 - 3   Ngo Thi Chung
Zhulduzay Imanbayeva   2 - 11   Nagihan Gul
63 kg
Oliwia Luczak   4 - 5   Claire Ghabrial
Csilla Csejtei   1 - 8   Oleksandra Kozlan
Ri Hyon Hwa   10 - 7   Pineda Nanci
Amanda Coulson   4 - 13   Mary Spencer
Marichelle de Jong   8 - 10   Irina Poteyeva
70 kg
Ewa Piatkowska   1 - 12   Elena Vystropova
Arianne Fortin   RSC R1 2:00   Elena Parks Grace
Liliya Durnyeva   6 - 1   Ronja Holgersson
Rana Abdelhamid   4 - 8   Nurcan Çarkçı
75 kg
Meredith Anne Della Giustian   13 - 6   Yuldus Mamatkulova
Ivashchenko Tetyana   2 - 11   Luminita Turcin
Maria Yavorskaya   0 - 10   Li Jin Zi
86 kg
Zhang Li Na   8 - 6   Elena Surkova
Şemsi Yaralı   10 - 0   Inna Shevchenko
Sylwia Kusiak   2 - 12   Tiffanie Nichole Hearn
November 24, 2008
Weight Red Blue
48 kg
Lidia Ion   15 - 1   Hoangthi Thom
Chen Ying   12 - 0   Kumiko Ikehara
Alexandra Kuleshova   9 - 5   Nargul Boranbayeva
Gulseda Basibutun   2 - 5   Ri Jong Hyang
Jenny Haedingz   10 - 2   Marlen Esparza
Selly Wanimpo   4 - 9   Tetiana Dakhina
Jacqueline Park   4 - 3   Alice Kate Aparri
Sofie Maja Molholt   4 - 12   Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg
Chhoto Loura   17 - 4   Ngu Thi Thuyet
Nam Eun Jin   1 - 14   Nave Virginie
Elena Savelyeva   6 - 5   Aigerim Askarova
Tetyana Kob   7 - 6   Nilmini Jayasinghe
Benavidez Paola   5 - 6   Analisa Cruz
Naoko Fujioka   4 - 10   Diana Timofte
Sumeyra Yazici   4 - 10   Kim Hyang Ok
Li Si Yuan   13 - 3   Mandy Bujold
54 kg
Ayako Minowa   13 - 3   Tonje Sorlie
Hoi Lam Ho   RSC R2 1:22   Karolina Michalczuk
Zhang Qin   8 - 2   Ri Chung Son
Nguyen Thi Hue   1 - 8   Chen Chia-Ling
Suvd-Erdene Oyungerel   3 - 15   Cynthia Marella Moreno
Sushma Kumari Yadav   5 - 3   Sofija Sidorova
Nicola Adams   11 - 2   Liudmila Bondarenko
Lorna Weaver   12 - 5   Jang A Eun
57 kg
Chisato Mizuno   RSCH R2 1:24   Sabrina Ostawari
Usha Nagisetty   12 - 1   Erdenegerel Burmaa
Malene Christina Kloster Nielsen   2 - 4   Lucy Abel
Edina Pezdany   7 - 5   Alexandria brianne Cardenas
Athina Malefaki   RSC R2 1:03   Yun Kum Ju
Sofya Ochigava   RSCH R1 2:00   Karolina Graczyk
Qin Jian   11 - 4   Tatjana Obradovic
Jamila Jones   7 - 8   Nagihan Gul
80 kg
Beata Lesnik   15 - 7   Ulrike Brueckner
Tang Li Jie   7 - 6   Maria Kovacs
Marina Volnova   3 - 18   Anna Gladkikh
Iryna Komar   3 - 11   Selma Yağcı
November 25, 2008
Weight Red Blue
52 kg
le Thi Ngan Hang   RET R2 1:17   Denisa Amza
Shim Hui Jeong   1 - 23   Ren Can Can
Chiu Ching-Ya   6 - 5   Shipra Nilsson
Viktoria Rudenko   11 - 8   Ayse Tas
Tong Song Hye   11 - 6   Victoria Usachenko
Sacred Downing   0 - 18   Annie Albania
Tserenchimeg Tserendorj   RSC R3 0:56   Shakhnoza Issakhanova
Laishram Sarita   12 - 5   Samiha Hassan
60 kg
Leeann Boodram   2 - 15   Mitchel Martinez
Dong Cheng   7 - 3   Preeti Beniwal
Cindy Orain   15 - 3   Iulia Navacioiu
Caroline Barry   17 - 6   Su Wen-Hsien
Oleksandra Sydorenko   RSC R1 1:05   Beata Szabo
Kim Hye Yong   4 - +4   Ayzznat Gadzhieva
Danusa Dilhofova   3 - 4   Katie Taylor
Peralta Celeste   5 - 1   Sandra Bruegger
63 kg
Timea Nagy   6 - 11   Klara Svensson
Yana Zavyalov   5 - 2   Bertaud Lucie
Liubov Lopatina   8 - 1   Larisa Rosu
Nguyen Thi Thu Huong   1 - 13   Natasha Jonas
Kathleen Dunn   5 - 4   Quanitta Lee Underwood
Jian Xia Ma   7 - 4   Yvonne Bak Rasmussen
Gülsüm Tatar   7 - 5   Saida Khassenova
Claire Ghabrial   1 - 5   Ri Hyon Hwa
66 kg
Dariga Shakimova   4 - 10   Qian Wang
Vanessa Nicol Jackson   11 - 5   Naomi-Lee Fischer-Rasmussen
Ri Suk Yong   10 - 3   Oleksandra Kozlan
Mary Spencer   8 - 6   Irina Poteyeva
70 kg
Debbie Bkaore   8 - 17   Yelena Koltsova
Jang Un Hui   2 - 19   Yang Ting Ting
Elena Vystropova   3 - 13   Arianne Fortin
Liliya Durnyeva   6 - 10   Nurcan Çarkçı
75 kg
Anita Ducza   4 - 2   Nikolina Orlovic
Anna Laurell   10 - 2   Chimere Taylor
Amber Konikow   9 - 2   Meredith Giustian
Luminita Turcin   2 - 10   Li Jin Zi

Quarterfinals

November 26, 2008
Weight Red Blue
46 kg
Oxana Shtakun   3 - 7   Josie Gabuco
Natalie Lungo-Vesenne   0 - 5   Steluta Duta
Nazgul Boranbayeva   2 - 7   Jong Ok
Mary Kom   4 - 0   Guan Xiao Feng
48 kg
Lidia Ion   5 - 10   Chen Ying
Alexandra Kuleshova   8 - 2   Ri Jong Hyang
Jenny Haedingz   9 - 3   Tetiana Dakhina
Jacqueline Park   2 - 8   Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg
Chhoto Loura   4 - 1   Nave Virginie
Elena Savelyeva   5 - 3   Tetyana Kob
Analisa Cruz   13 - 8   Diana Timofte
Kim Hyang Ok   6 - 5   Li Si Yuan
52 kg
Le Thi Ngan Hang   3 - 8   Ren Can Can
Chiu Ching-Ya   1 - 9   Viktoria Rudenko
Tong Song Hye   0 - 10   Annie Albania
Tserenchimeg Tserendorj   RSCH R1 1:07   Laishram Sarita
54 kg
Ayako Minowa   2 - 18   Karolina Michalczuk
Zhang Qin   5 - 3   Chen Chia-Ling
Cynthia Marella Moreno   5 - 3   Yadav Sushma Kumari
Nicola Adams   7 - 2   Lorna Weaver
57 kg
Sabrina Ostawari   1 - 10   Usha Nagisetty
Lucy Abel   6 - 8   Edina Pezdany
Yun Kum Ju   1 - 8   Sofya Ochigava
Qin Jian   10 - 3   Nagihan Gul
60 kg
Mitchel Martinez   3 - 14   Dong Cheng
Cindy Orain   3 - 0   Caroline Barry
Oleksandra Sydorenko   5 - 13   Ayzznat Gadzhieva
Katie Taylor   RSC R1 2:00   Peralta Celeste
63 kg
Klara Svensson   5 - 3   Yana Zavyalov
Liubov Lopatina   9 - 4   Natasha Jonas
Kathleen Dunn   0 - 11   Jian Xia Ma
Gülsüm Tatar   6 - 0   Ri Hyon Hwa
80 kg
Fetti Paraschiva   +9 - 9   Melinda Watpool
Mioshia Wagoner   10 - 4   Nadia Mohamed
Beata Lesnik   2 - 11   Tang Jie Li
Anna Gladkikh   4 - 14   Selma Yağcı

Semifinals

November 28, 2008
Weight Red Blue
46 kg
Josie Gabuco   5 - 7   Steluta Duta
Jong Ok   3 - 8   Mary Kom
48 kg
Chen Ying   6 - 5   Alexandra Kuleshova
Jenny Haedingz   0 - 8   Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg
Chhoto Loura   2 - 3   Elena Savelyeva
Analisa Cruz   3 - 7   Kim Hyang Ok
52 kg
Ren Can Can   6 - 3   Viktoria Rudenko
Annie Albania   8 - 3   Laishram Sarita
54 kg
Karolina Michalczuk   9 - 4   Zhang Qin
Cynthia Marella Moreno   0 - 10   Nicola Adams
57 kg
Usha Nagisetty   6 - 0   Edina Pezdany
Sofya Ochigava   4 - 6   Qin Jian
60 kg
Dong Cheng   6 - 1   Cindy Orain
Ayzznat Gadzhieva   2 - 20   Katie Taylor
63 kg
Klara Svensson   5 - 8   Liubov Lopatina
Jian Xia Ma   3 - 4   Gülsüm Tatar
66 kg
Qian Wang   3 - 7   Vanessa Nicol Jackson
Ri Suk Yong   2 - 7   Mary Spencer
70 kg
Yelena Koltsova   0 - 19   Yang Ting Ting
Arianne Fortin   16 - 5   Nurcan Çarkçı
75 kg
Anita Ducza   2 - 8   Anna Laurell
Amber Konikow   0 - 9   Li Jin Zi
80 kg
Fetti Paraschiva   4 - 8   Mioshia Wagoner
Tang Jie Li   8 - 6   Selma Yağcı
86 kg
Adriana Hosu   8 - 2   Zhang Li Na
Şemsi Yaralı   7 - 5   Tiffanie Nichole Hearn

Finals

November 29, 2008
Weight Red Blue
46 kg
Steluta Duta   1 - 7   Mary Kom
48 kg
Ying Chen   5 - 1   Sarah Ourahmoune
50 kg
Elena Savelyeva   2 - 9   Kim Hyang Ok
52 kg
Ren Can Can   4 - 3   Annie Albania
54 kg
Karolina Michalczuk   10 - 6   Nicola Adams
57 kg
Usha Nagisetty   1 - 6   Qin Jian
60 kg
Dong Cheng   2 - 13   Katie Taylor
63 kg
Liubov Lopatina   0 - 11   Gülsüm Tatar
66 kg
Vanessa Nicol Jackson   2 - 9   Mary Spencer
70 kg
Yang Ting Ting   6 - 11   Arianne Fortin
75 kg
Anna Laurell   1 - 9   Li Jin Zi
80 kg
Mioshia Wagoner   1 - 11   Tang Jie Li
86 kg
Adriana Hosu   2 - 7   Şemsi Yaralı

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