Selma Yağcı

Selma Yağcı ( born February 1, 1981 in Denizli) is a Turkish boxer. She won a total of eight medals at World and European Championships.

Career

Selma Yağcı began in 2000 with the boxes. She comes from Denizli and was built in 2001 member of the sports club FC Denizli. After differences with this club, she moved in 2010 to the Sports Club Belediyespor Kocaeli. For in the beginning of her career still under construction boxing for women made ​​progress very quickly and represented Turkey in the year 2001 the first World Championship in women's boxing in Scranton, United States. She started doing in the heavyweight division, that was enough at this World Cup to the body weight of 90 kg and finished behind Devonne Canady from the United States and Maria Kovacs from Hungary with Mary Reingard from Russia 3rd place. Individual results of this championship are not known.

Then have her leave it on until the 2004 results today. They finished second in this year's so-called Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul, which was one of his time to the best tournaments in the occupied women's boxing in the world, the 1st place. She came here in the light heavyweight division, the weight class in which they started now exclusively, in the finals to a points victory over Tamara Lialina from Russia. At the 2004 European Championships in Riccione / Italy they finished 3rd behind Angela Torska from Ukraine and Galina Ivanova from Russia.

2005 Selma Yağcı won at the international championships back two medals. At the European Championships in Tønsberg / Norway, she lost in the semifinals against Galina Ivanova ( boxer ) from Russia ( 13:27 ), who dominated the action in this weight class in those years, finishing in 3rd place. At the World Championships in Podolsk in the same year she won over Rosmarie Simich from Australia by termination in the 2nd round and Tyler Lord- Wilder from the United States by points ( 48:29 ). She stood thus in the final battle, in which they again lost on points ( 20:33 ) against Galina Ivanova and thus vice-world champion was.

In 2006 Yağcı had again defeated Galina Ivanova by points ( 18:23 ) in the final of Ahmet Comert tournament. In the 2006 European Championship in Warsaw was for them in the semi final stop, for they lost again against Galina Ivanova and thus won but still an EM bronze medal. 2006 took place in New Delhi again World Championships held in Selma Yagci was at the start. She lost there, however, already in the quarter-final against Irina Sinezkaja from Russia and why took "only" the 5th Place. In 2007, she once again won the victory at the Ahmet Comert tournament, beating Nadia Abdel Mameed from Egypt by termination in the 2nd round and Irina Komar from Ukraine by points ( 17:3 ). In the 2007 European Championship in Vejle / Denmark she lost in the semifinals against Anna Glad trash from Russia by termination in the 2nd round, but still won a bronze medal, as only four participants were light heavyweight at the start. In December 2007 Yağcı was then in Lille champion of the European Union and thereby defeated Catalina Stanga from Romania and Karolina from Poland Bagnowska each by termination in the 2nd round.

In 2008 and 2009 Yağcı was successful in the international championships. In 2008 she was again champion of the European Union. In Liverpool defeated them while Ulrike Brückner from Germany and Fetti Para China from Romania. At the World Championships in Ningbo / China, they triumphed over Irina Komar ( 11:3 ) and Anna Glad Kitsch ( 14:4 ) convincingly on points, but was defeated in the semifinals of the Chinese Tang Jieli on points ( 6:8 ). In 2009 she was in Nikolaev / Ukraine again Vice - European Champion. She defeated Maria Jaworskaja here from Russia ( 8:6 ) and Desislawa Lazarowa from Bulgaria (4-2 ) on points and lost the final battle against Luminata Turcin from Romania with 1:2 on points.

In 2010 they went as far as the medals for the first time in a year from empty. In the championship of the European Union in Keszthely / Hungary, she lost in the semifinals against Sylwia Kusiak of Poland on points ( 0:7 ) and at the World Championships in Bridgeport / Barbados she lost after a victory over Maria Jaworskaja ( 11:8 ) against the up hitherto completely unknown in Europe Roseli Feitosa from Brazil convincingly on points ( 3:16 ). They finished in the 5th place at both events.

International success

Notes

• WM = World Championships, European Championships EM =
• EU = European Union
• Light heavyweight, and 2008 up to 80 kg, since 2009-81 kg body weight, heavy weight until 2008-86 kg in exceptional cases up to 90 kg body weight, from since 2009 81 kg body weight

Swell

• Trade journal Box Sports
• Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
• Website " www.turkboks.gov.tr ​​"

• Boxer ( Turkey)
• Person ( Denizli)
• Turk
• Born in 1981
• Woman