Turkey at the 2008 World Women's Boxing Championship
Turkey (listed as TUR) participated in the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship held between November 22–29, 2008 at Ningbo Sports Center in Ningbo City, China.
With eleven women boxers participating, Turkey won two gold and two bronze medals. It ranked 2nd in the unofficial medal table after China.
Participants[edit]
| Weight | Name | City | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 kg | Serpil Yassıkaya | Ankara | Ankara BBS |
| 48 kg | Gulseda Başıbütün | Ankara | Fenerbahçe |
| 50 kg | Sümeyra Yazıcı | Istanbul | Fenerbahçe |
| 52 kg | Ayşe Taş | Istanbul | Fenerhahçe |
| 54 kg | Meryem Aslan Zeybek | Van | |
| 57 kg | Nagihan Gül | Kocaeli | Kocaeli BBS |
| 60 kg | Gonca Yılmaz | Ankara | Ankara BBS |
| 63 kg | Gülsüm Tatar | İstanbul | Fenerbahçe |
| 70 kg | Nurcan Çarkçı | İstanbul | Kıraç BS |
| 80 kg | Selma Yağcı | Denizli | Denizli BS |
| 86 kg | Şemsi Yaralı | Ankara | TSE |
Medals[edit]
| 2008 World Women’s Boxing Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 63 kg | Gülsüm Tatar | 1 | ||
| 70 kg | Nurcan Çarkçı | 1 | ||
| 80 kg | Selma Yağcı | 1 | ||
| 86 kg | Şemsi Yaralı | 1 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Results by event[edit]
| Weight | Red | Score | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 kg | |||
| 1st round | Xiao Feng Guan 
|
9 - 0 |  Serpil Yassıkaya
|
| 48 kg | |||
| 1st round | Gülseda Başıbütün
|
2 - 5 |  Jong Hyang Ri
|
| 50 kg | |||
| 1st round | Sümeyra Yazıcı
|
4 - 10 | Hyang Ok Kim
|
| 52 kg | |||
| 1st round | Viktoria Rudenko 
|
11 - 8 | Ayşe Taş
|
| 54 kg | |||
| 1st round | Meryem Aslan Zeybek
|
2 - 6 |  Liudmila Bondarenko
|
| 57 kg | |||
| 1st round | Zhulduzay Imanbayeva 
|
2 - 11 | Nagehan Gül
|
| 2nd round | Jamila Jones 
|
7 - 8 | Nagehan Gül
|
| Quarterfinals | Jian Qin
|
10 - 3 | Nagehan Gül
|
| 60 kg | |||
| 1st round | Gonca Yılmaz
|
0 - 12 |  Danusa Dilhofova
|
| 63 kg | |||
| 1st round | Gülsüm Tatar
|
7 - 5 | Saida Khassenova
|
| Quarterfinals | Gülsüm Tatar
|
6 - 0 | Hyon Hwa Ri
|
| Semifinals | Jian Xia Ma
|
3 - 4 | Gülsüm Tatar
|
| Finals | Liubov Lopatina
|
0 -11 | Gülsüm Tatar
|
| 70 kg | |||
| 1st round | Rana Abdelhamid 
|
4 - 8 | Nurcan Çarkçı
|
| Quarterfinals | Lilya Durnyeva
|
6 -10 | Nurcan Çarkçı
|
| Semifinals | Arian Fortin 
|
16 - 5 | Nurcan Çarkçı
|
| 80 kg | |||
| 1st round | Iryna Komar
|
3 - 11 | Selma Yağcı
|
| Quarterfinals | Anna Gladkikh
|
4 -14 | Selma Yağcı
|
| Semifinals | Jie Li Tang
|
8 - 6 | Selma Yağcı
|
| 86 kg | |||
| 1st round | Şemsi Yaralı
|
10 - 0 | Inna Shevchenko
|
| Semifinals | Şemsi Yaralı
|
7 - 5 |  Tiffanie Nichole Hearn
|
| Finals | Adriana Hosu 
|
2 - 7 | Şemsi Yaralı
|