Meltem Akar
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Meltem Akar is a Turkish
female boxer competing in the light flyweight
(48 kg) division.
She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun
.
Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa. At the 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
held in Katowice
, Poland
, she became champion.
Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
female boxer competing in the light flyweight
Light flyweight
- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
(48 kg) division.
She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun
Giresun
Giresun is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon.-Etymology:...
.
Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa. At the 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Spodek stadium in Katowice, Poland from June 6 to June 11. This was the 6th edition of this annual competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation...
held in Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, she became champion.
Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University.