Gülsüm Tatar
Gülsüm Seyma Tatar ( born February 6, 1985 in Kars, Turkey) is a Turkish boxer. It was 2008 and 2010 world champion in the light welterweight.
Career
Gülsüm Tatar comes from a family in which there have been several boxers in front of her. Inspired it, they began as teenagers also with the boxes and turned out for this sport to be extremely talented. Coupled with their training diligence she was already at the age of 18 years to the best Turkish amateur boxers. In 2003 she became a member of the sports club Fenerbahçe Istanbul, where she was employed until 2010. 2010 changed after internal strife to Birlikspor Kulübü Kayseri. She is a student at the Sports Firat University.
The first result, which is known of her, is the 2nd place at the Ahmet Comert Tournament 2003 in Istanbul, where she almost lost the final at lightweight against her compatriot Meryem zeybek with 9:10 points. In 2004, she was with a victory in the final battle over Saniye Bitiriyor Turkish champion at lightweight. They then defeated in the final of Ahmet Comert tournament in the final the Russian Julia Nemzowa by points ( 21:8 ) and was in the same year at the age of 19 years in Riccione / Italy European champion at lightweight before Eva Wahlström of Sweden, Anna Kasprzak from Poland and July Nemzowa.
In May 2005 Gülsüm Tatar could at the European Championships in Tønsberg not defend their European title. She won there in lightweight while in their first fight about Beata Szabo from Hungary by demolition id 2nd round, but lost in the semifinals against Katie Taylor from Ireland on points. Here, however, their defeat came about only because of the slightly better auxiliary points for Taylor at equal points from 12:12. With Katie Taylor is Gülsüm Tatar then delivered in the following years a number of hot battles that ended balanced in the final result. At the World Championships in September 2005 in Podolsk Gülsüm Tatar came to victories over Hanan Abdelmonem, Egypt, Ashley Barnett from the United States and Mitchell Martinez from the Philippines. In the final battle, she had to the Russian Tatjana Tschalaja beaten on points and thus became Vice World Champion.
In the championship of the European Union in June 2006 in Porto Torres / Sardinia Gülsüm Tatar succeeded in lightweight one point victory over Katie Taylor ( 24:13 ). Then they beat even Sandra Brugger of Switzerland and Anna Kasprzak and therefore occupied at this championship the first place. Three months later she succumbed at the European Championships in Warsaw against Katie Taylor in the semi-finals by points ( 15:18 ) and therefore again reached "only" a bronze medal. At the World Championship 2006 in New Delhi could not compete due to injury.
In 2007, continued the duels between Gülsüm Tatar and Katie Taylor, who had become 2006 World Champion in Light weight will continue. When Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul in May 2007 Güslüm Tatar prevailed over Katie Taylor to fight for victory by points ( 16:13 ), while in August 2007 at Witch cup in Pecs / Hungary in the semifinal against Katie Taylor on points (5: 10) lost. A disappointment experienced Gülsüm Tatar then at the 2007 European Championship in Vejle / Denmark, as they defeated there in the quarterfinals against Jana Sawjalowa from Ukraine by points ( 6:10 ) and therefore only came to 9th place. Something harmless she could hold for this poor performance then in December 2007 in the championship of the European Union in Lille, because she won this championship with victories over King Siwa from Poland and Eveline Coolens from Belgium.
In March 2008 Gülsüm Tatar got in an international tournament in Stupino / Russia at lightweight again against Katie Taylor on points ( 5:16 ). Then she succeeded indeed in the lightweight tournament victory at the Ahmet Comert tournament, where she sang Cindy Orain from France and Dong Cheng defeated from China, but in July 2008 she succumbed to the Ladies - Nikolaev City Cup at lightweight totally surprising against the Polish Sandra Kruk on points (2:3). This defeat they took the opportunity, will no longer work off in the lightweight, higher rather than to start a weight class light welterweight. A measure that paid off immediately, as they were then dried in this weight class in Liverpool with victories over Janina Bonordon from Germany and Kinga Siwa EU champion. In September 2008, she hit the Witch Cup in Pecs Klara Svensson from Sweden, Katie Dunn from Canada and Timea Nagy from Hungary and was the tournament winner. At the World Championships in November 2008 in Ningbo / China put them all on the crown, as it was in the light welterweight point with victories over Saida Tschasenowa from Kazakhstan ( 7:5 ), R Hya Hwa, North Korea ( 6-0 ), Ma Jianxia, China (4:3) and Lyubov Lopatina from Russia ( 11:0 ) first world Champion.
In 2009 Gülsüm Tatar was not so often at the start, as in previous years. In the main competition of the year, the European Championships in Nikolaev / Ukraine she was going but where it won the light welterweight with victories over Gry Espersen, Denmark, Natasha Jonas, England, Vera Slugina, Russia and Farida el- Hadati from France after 2004 for the second time a European champion.
In 2010, she was successful. In August this year she won in Keszthely / Hungary with wins over Alanna Murphy from Ireland, Christina ATHANASOPOULOU from Greece and Chantelle Cameron from England back at EU Championship and in September they took in Bridgeport / Barbados in the light welterweight for the second time the world title. She defeated while Alanna Murphy ( 21:4 ), Saida Tschasenowa ( 17:10 ), Klara Svensson ( 7:3) and Vera Slugina (13:1 ) respectively on points.
In 2012 in London the women's boxing in weight classes fly, light and middle weight will be the first time olympic. Gülsüm Tatar will want to go with security there at the start. To this end, they must work off in the lightweight but again.
International success
Notes
- WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- EU = European Union
- Light weight, up to 60 kg, light welterweight until 2008 to 63.5 kg in 2009 up to 64 kg body weight
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sports
- Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "