Sümeyra Kaya
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Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı, née Kaya, is a European champion Turkish
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 flyweight
Flyweight
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing
Fenerbahçe Boxing
Fenerbahçe Boxing is the men's and women's boxing section of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Fenerbahçe Boxers use Dereağzı Facilities...

 club in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

.

She was silver medalist at the 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Russia from September 25 to October 2, 2005 in Podolsk...

 held in Podolsk
Podolsk
Podolsk is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. In 2007
2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 6th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from October 15th to 20th, 2007.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....

, she became European champion in Vejle
Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...

, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. In addition, she holds diverse medals in European
European Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...

 and European Union
European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Union Amateur Boxing Championships is an annual competition for amateur boxers from the European Union and its candidate countries . The championships are organised by the continent's governing body, the European Boxing Confederation . The first edition of the men's tournament took...

 championships.

Achievements

  • 2004 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2004 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 3rd Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Riccione, Italy from October 3rd to 10th, 2004.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....

     Riccione
    Riccione
    Riccione is a comune in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2007 Riccione had an estimated population of 34,868.-History:...

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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  • 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
    2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Russia from September 25 to October 2, 2005 in Podolsk...

     Podolsk
    Podolsk
    Podolsk is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River...

    , Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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  • 2005 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2005 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 4th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tønsberg, Norway from May 8th to 15, 2005.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....

     Tønsberg
    Tønsberg
    is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

    , Norway
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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  • 2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 5th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 4th to 10th, 2006.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....

     Warsaw
    Warsaw
    Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

    , 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...

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  • 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Area Teleferica in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy from June 6 to June 11. This was the 1st ever edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.78 fighters...

     Porto Torres
    Porto Torres
    Porto Torres is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari.It is situated on the north coast about 25 km east of the Gorditanian promontory , and on the spacious bay of the Gulf of Asinara.-History:...

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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  • 2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2007 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 6th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from October 15th to 20th, 2007.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....

     Vejle
    Vejle
    Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...

    , Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

     50 kg -
  • 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool, England from August 4 to 8. This was the 3rd edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.80 fighters representing 17...

     Liverpool
    Liverpool
    Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

    , England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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  • 2009 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2009 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 7th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mykolaiv , Ukraine from September 15th to 20th, 2009.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EUBC....

     Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv
    Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

    , Ukraine
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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  • 2010 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    2010 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 2010 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Hotel Helikon in Keszthely, Hungary from August 4 to August 7. The 5th edition of this annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation...

     Keszthely
    Keszthely
    Keszthely is a Hungarian city of 21,100 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It's the second largest city by the lake after Siófok....

    , Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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