Karolina Michalczuk
Karolina Michalczuk (December 6, 1979 in Piaski in Lublin ) is a Polish boxer. It was 2008 world champion amateur indoor bantamweight
Career
Karolina Michalczuk grew in their place of birth in a family in which the father had died early. She has three brothers and had to be the earliest age to beat them. This it succeeded because it was from an early age and fearless, mostly playful " took up the fight " against their older brothers to. As a teenager, she became interested in various martial arts. For boxes then, as in physical education came at a vocational school for the mining industry in Lublin her talent was discovered for the boxes of Adam Sawicki. This was then at the sports club Paco Lublin also her first coach. In the National Team later, still Wladyslaw Maciejewski added as a coach.
In 2003 she was Polish champion at featherweight for the first time. This title was followed by 2010 seven more from 2005 all bantamweight. 2003 also began the international career of Karolina Michalczuk. She started at the European Championships in Pecs / Hungary featherweight and finished there behind Norway's Henriette coat and before Myriam Chomaz, France and Svetlana Kulakowa from Russia 2nd place and thus became vice - European champion. Her first international title she won at the 2005 European Championships in Tønsberg / Norway. She won there Bantamweight over Arsalene Ahlam from France, Mihaela Cijveschi, Romania and Seda Aygun from Turkey and so was new European Champion. In the same year, the World Championships for women were held in Podolsk. Karolina Michalczuk defeated there in their first fight Vanessa Juarez of the United States clear by points ( 31:13 ), but then lost to Mihaela Cijveschi that she had defeated in the 2005 European Championships, by termination in the 2nd round, which they retired and finished only fifth place. Cijveschi was then even world champion.
In 2006 she met when Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul in the semi-finals of the Bantam weight for the first time on Sofia Otschigawa from Russia and lost that fight on points. Sofia Otschigawa were one of its main competitors in the coming years. The next time the two met each other at the European Championships in September 2006 in Warsaw, and there won Karolina Michalczuk in the semifinals on Sofia Otschigawa by points ( 25:20 ). This battle had cost a lot but their substance, so they surprisingly lost on points the final battle against Kari Jensen from Norway ( 27:35 ). It was the second time European silver medalist so after 2003. In November 2006, Karolina Michalczuk then met at the World Championships in Hew Delhi in the final turn on Sofia Otschigawa and this time was clearly defeated by this by points ( 2:21 ). Before the European Championships in Warsaw Karolina Michalczuk triumphed in the championship of the European Union in Porto Torres in Sardinia bantamweight. They could retaliate against Mihaela Cijveschi, as they defeated them by points in the semi-finals of this championship ( 21:17 ).
In the 2007 European Championship in Vejle / Denmark then met again in the semifinals on Sofia Otschigawa and subject to this again on points ( 4:14 ). So she took the 3rd place at this championship. The year 2008 then became the most successful year in the career of Karolina Michalczuk. She won again in the championship of the European Union, which took place in Liverpool and won, amongst others, about the strong Englishwoman Nicola Adams ( 13:9 ) and Lorna Weaver from France ( 13:49 on points. During the World Championships in Ningbo / China in November 2008, it benefited from the fact that Sofia Otschigawa had risen in the featherweight. defeated you in Ningbo but with Hai Lam Ho from Hong Kong, Ayako Minowa of Japan, Zhang Qui from China and Nicola Adams four strong opponents and deservedly won the World Champion title.
This success made them a further follow at the European Championships in Nikolaev / Ukraine in 2009, because it was there in the bantamweight again European Champion. The greatest resistance continued her while the young Swede Helene Falk in the semifinals against, against which she won only about 5-3 points. In the final, she managed a points victory over Ivanna Krupenia from Ukraine, for which they won with 8:3 points. In 2010, the highlight of the year was held in Bridgeport / Barbados. It was the World Championships, where she started bantamweight again. It get you there point victories over Oksana Korojewa from Kazakhstan ( 12:2 ), Leiryn Flores from Venezuela / 14:2 ) and Ayse Tas of Turkey ( 9:3 ). In the semifinals, but it was defeated by Jelena Saweljewa from Russia to points ( 5:14 ). She could thus indeed their world title in 2008 not defend, but also the Vice World Champion 2010 title was for them a great success.
In November 2010, Karolina Michalczuk started at the so-called " Women's Intern. Dual Series " in Oxnard in the United States flyweight. The background for their start at flyweight was that in 2012 women's competitions will be held in the fly, light and middle weight at the Olympic Games in London for the first time. Will they go there at the start, so they must either work off in the flyweight or grow into the lightweight. She decided obvious to the detraining of a further three kilograms, which should not be easy for her. In Oxnard, there were four consecutive days of fighting, without causing a tournament winner was determined. She defeated while the U.S. women Cynthia Morena ( 34:20 ), Christina Cruz ( 10:7 ) and Tyriesha Douglas ( 20:8 ) respectively on points, but lost their last fight against Alex Love from the United States with just under 16: 17 points.
International success
Countries fighting
Polish Championships
Notes
- WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- EU = European Union
- BW = body weight
- Flyweight, to 51 kg to 54 kg Bantamweight, Featherweight, to 57 kg body weight
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sports
- Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "