Elena Walendzik

Elena Walendzik
Data
Birth Name	Elena Walendzik
Weight class	Bantamweight
nationality	German
birthday	1984
Combat Statistics
Struggles	60
Victories	49
Defeats	10
draw	1

Elena Walendzik medal table
Boxing
Germany
European championships
bronze	2008 Liverpool	Bantamweight

Elena Marie Walendzik (* 1984 ) is a German amateur boxer ; she is six-time German champion, including German boxing champion 2011 in bantamweight , vice-European champion and qualified for the 2012 World Cup.

Life

After school, Elena Walendzik studied dentistry at the Hannover Medical School . This was followed by military service in the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr , u. a. together with Bianca Schmidt in 2010 as a sports soldier in the Clausewitz barracks (Nienburg / Weser). Later she was stationed in the sports promotion company in the Olympic base in Heidelberg . Waledzik first trained at fit-boxen-Hannover under Rolf Müller, who introduced her to professional boxing. In order to be able to take part in championships, she had to change coaches, joined the boxing sports club Hannover-Seelze and was trained there by Arthur Mattheis from then on. Elena Walendzik has been working as a dentist in Hanover since her boxing career ended in 2013.

Walendzik's diet is vegetarian.

Athletic performance

The DBV reports that Elena Walendzik (BSK Seelze), Pinar Yilmaz (ASV Wuppertal) and Ulrike Brückner (MTV Munich) won bronze at the European Championships in Liverpool in August 2008 . Walendzik won the 2011 German championship in the final against Ornella Wahner on points (11:13). In 2012, Walendzik took part in the women's boxing world championship in Qinhuangdao , China , but was unable to win a medal. In autumn 2012 Walendzik played three more fights for the DBV in South Africa and was honored as the best boxer and best technician. She ended her career as a boxer with 60 fights.

"The vice European champion is considered the most elegant boxer in the republic"

- Hannoversche Neue Presse from April 9, 2008

Successes (selection)

• 2007: 6th European Womens Championships - Vejle . 52kg, Saliha Ouchen FRA vs. Elena Walendzik GER 17: 4 (round of 16)
• 2008: 6th German Womens Championships - Eichstätt . 52kg, Elena Walendzik GER vs. Juliane Nietsch GER 15: 4 (final)
• 2009: 7th German Womens Championships - Görwihl . 51kg, Elena Walendzik GER vs. Angy Zanggl GER 12: 1 (final)
• 2010: 41st Grand Prix - Ústí . 51kg, Jaina Shekerbekova KZK vs. Elena Walendzik GER 6: 1 (semifinals)
• 2011: 8th European Women Championships - Rotterdam . 54kg, Elena Saveleva RUS vs. Elena Walendzik GER 19: 8 (quarter finals)
• 2011: 9th German Womens Championships - Straubing 54kg, Elena Walendzik vs. Ornella Wahner 13:11 (final)
• 2012: 7th AIBA World Women's Championships - Qinhuangdao . 54kg Alexandra Kuleshova RUS vs. Elena Walendzik GER 18: 9 (round of 16)

Web links

• bsk-hannover-seelze.de
• Michael Soboll: City of Hanover honors its top athletes . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 6, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gert Neumann ,: VfK boxer Kolonko surprises top favorites. (No longer available online.) In: Cellesche Zeitung of August 9, 2010. Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 27, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ Tim Burchardt: Vice-European Champion Elena Walendzik sprints around the Maschsee. In: Hannoversche Neue Presse of April 9, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Uwe Kranz: Title contender Walendzik: “I'm in a really good mood”. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine from May 9, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Camouflage suit instead of football dress. In: District newspaper Syke of February 12, 2010. Accessed January 31, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Nicola Wehrbein: Boxing: Elena Walendzik at the World Cup. With provisions and opportunities to China. In: Leine Zeitung of May 12, 2012
6. ↑ Ulrich zur Nieden: The quick-witted dentist ended her career in the ring. (No longer available online.) In: Hannoversche Presse. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016 ; accessed on January 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Famous vegetarian-vegan athletes. (HTTPS) In: vebu.de. May 2016, accessed May 30, 2016 . 
8. ^ Taz Print Archive March 9, 2009, Women's Campaign Day. In the ring by Roger Repplinger.
9. ↑ Nicola Wehrbein: Press single view. In: bsk-hannover-seelze.de. Retrieved January 27, 2016 .