Karolina Michalczuk
Karolina Michalczuk (born December 6, 1979 in Brzezice near Lublin ) is a Polish boxer . She became the 2008 amateur bantamweight champion .
Career
Karolina Michalczuk grew up in a family in the town where she was born, in which her father died early. She has three brothers and had to assert herself against them as a child. She succeeded because she was fearless from an early age and, mostly playfully, "took up the fight" against her older brothers. As a teenager she was interested in various martial arts. She came to boxing when Adam Sawicki discovered her boxing talent in physical education at the vocational school for mining in Lublin. This then became her first coach at the sports club Paco Lublin . Wladyslaw Maciejewski later joined the national team as a coach.
In 2003 she became the first Polish featherweight champion . This title was followed by a further seven by 2010, from 2005 all in bantamweight. In 2003 Karolina Michalczuk began her international career. She started at the European Championship in Pécs / Hungary in the featherweight division and finished there behind the Norwegian Henriette Kittel and in front of Myriam Chomaz, France and Swetlana Kulakowa from Russia, the 2nd place and thus became Vice European Champion. She won her first international title at the 2005 European Championships in Tønsberg / Norway. She won there in bantamweight over Arsalene Ahlam from France, Mihaela Cijveschi , Romania and Seda Aygun from Turkey and became the new European champion. In the same year the second world championships for women took place in Podolsk . Karolina Michalczuk defeated Vanessa Juarez from the United States clearly on points in her first fight (31:13), but then lost to Mihaela Cijveschi, who she had defeated at the European Championships in 2005, by breaking off in the 2nd round, with which she retired and only finished 5th. Cijveschi then even became world champion.
In 2006 she met at the Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul in the semi-finals of the bantamweight division for the first time on Sofia Otschigawa from Russia and lost this fight on points. Sofia Otschigawa became one of her main competitors in the next few years. The next time they met at the European Championships in September 2006 in Warsaw, where Karolina Michalczuk won the semi-finals over Sofia Otschigawa on points (25:20). This fight had cost her a lot of substance, so that she surprisingly lost the final fight against Kari Jensen from Norway on points (27:35). After 2003, she became vice European champion for the second time. In November 2006 Karolina Michalczuk met Sofia Otschigawa again in the final of the World Cup in New Delhi and this time she was clearly defeated on points (2:21). Before the European Championships in Warsaw, Karolina Michalczuk won the bantamweight championship of the European Union in Porto Torres in Sardinia . She was able to retaliate against Mihaela Cijveschi when she defeated them on points in the semifinals of this championship (21:17).
At the 2007 European Championships in Vejle / Denmark, she met Sofia Otschigawa again in the semifinals and was defeated again on points (4:14). So she finished 3rd in this championship. The year 2008 turned out to be the most successful year in Karolina Michalczuk's career. She won again at the championship of the European Union, which took place in Liverpool and won there a. a. over the strong English Nicola Adams (13: 9) and over Lorna Weaver from France (13:49 on points. At the World Championships in Ningbo / China in November 2008, she profited from Sofia Otschigawa being promoted to featherweight. She defeated in Ningbo, however, with Hai Lam-Ho from Hong Kong , Ayako Minowa from Japan , Zhang Qui from China and Nicola Adams four strong opponents and deservedly won the world title .
In 2009 she had another success at the European Championships in Nikolajew / Ukraine, because there she was again European champion in bantamweight. The young Swede Helene Falk opposed her greatest resistance in the semifinals, against whom she only narrowly won with 5: 3 points. In the final, she managed to win points over Ivanna Krupenia from Ukraine, against whom she won 8: 3 points. In 2010 the highlight of the year took place in Bridgetown / Barbados . It was the world championships where she started again in bantamweight. There she won points over Oksana Korojewa from Kazakhstan (12: 2), Leiryn Flores from Venezuela / 14: 2) and Ayşe Taş from Turkey (9: 3). In the semifinals, however, she lost to Jelena Saweljewa from Russia on points (5:14). She could not defend her world championship title from 2008, but the runner-up world title 2010 was a great success for her.
In November 2010 Karolina Michalczuk started the so-called "Womens Intern. Dual Series" in Oxnard in the United States in the flyweight division . The background for her start in flyweight was that in 2012 at the Olympic Games in London for the first time women's competitions in fly, light and middleweight will take place. If she wants to start there, she either has to train into the flyweight or grow into the lightweight. She obviously decided to shed another three kilograms, which should not be easy for her. In Oxnard there were fights for four consecutive days without a tournament winner being determined. She defeated the Americans Cynthia Morena (34:20), Christina Cruz (10: 7) and Tyriesha Douglas (20: 8) on points, but lost her last fight against Alex Love from the United States with 16: 17 points.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Result |
| 2003 | 2. | EM in Pécs / Hungary | feather | behind Henriette Kittel, Norway , in front of Myriam Chomaz, France a . Svetlana Kulakowa, Russia |
| 2004 | 2. | Witch Cup in Pécs | feather | after losing points in the final against Zsusanna Szuknai, Hungary (14:19) |
| 2005 | 1. | EM in Tønsberg / Norway | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 2nd round over Arsalene Ahlam, France a . Points wins over Mihaela Cijveschi , Romania (25:22) and Seda Aygun, Turkey (25:16) |
| 2005 | 2. | Witch Cup in Pécs | Bantam | after winning points over Kari Jensen , Norway (34:23) and Point defeat against Dina Burger , Switzerland (16:26) |
| 2005 | 5. | World Cup in Podolsk / Russia | Bantam | after winning points over Vanessa Juarez, USA (31:13) and Aborted defeat in the 2nd round against Mihaela Cijveschi |
| 2006 | 3. | Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul | Bantam | after winning points over Ayşe Taş, Turkey a. Losing points to Sofia Otschigawa , Russia |
| 2006 | 1. | EU championship in Porto Torres / Sardinia | Bantam | after demolition victory in the 2nd round over Ayşe Taş, point victory over Mihaela Cijveschi u. Demolition victory in the 2nd round over Natalie Kalinowski, Germany |
| 2006 | 1. | EM in Warsaw | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 1st round over Sabriye Sengul, Turkey, point win over Sofia Otschigawa (25:22) u. Point defeat against Kari Jensen (27:35) |
| 2006 | 2. | Venus Cup in Vejle / Denmark | Bantam | after winning points over Sofia Sidorowa, Estonia (23:12), demolition victory in the 1st round over Lydia Walczak, Canada a . Point loss to Sarita Devi Laishram, India |
| 2006 | 2. | World Cup in New Delhi | Bantam | after a point victory over Preeti Beniwal, India (24.9), demolition victory in the 1st round over Ri Kwang Suk, North Korea , point victory over Zhang Qui , China (17:11) u. Point defeat against Sofia Otschigawa (2:21) |
| 2007 | 5. | Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 2nd round over Maryam Blalowa, Kazakhstan a. Point defeat against Sofia Otschigawa (2:17) |
| 2007 | 3. | EM in Vejle | Bantam | after winning points over Lorna Weaver , France (12: 5) and Point defeat against Sofia Otschigawa (4:14) |
| 2008 | 1. | Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul | Bantam | after the demolition victory in the 1st round over Hatice Murathan, Turkey, point victory over Nadeschda Wertogolowa, Russia (23: 1), demolition victory in the 2nd round over Sunita Yadav, India a. Points victory over Zhang Qui (8: 2) |
| 2008 | 9. | Ladies Nikolayev City Cup | Bantam | after losing points in the round of 16 against Ludmilla Christow, Ukraine (11:12) |
| 2008 | 1. | EU Championship in Liverpool | Bantam | after winning points over Nicola Adams , England (13: 9), Lorna Weaver (13: 4) and Giacoma Cordio, Italy (10: 4) |
| 2008 | 1. | World Cup in Ningbo / China | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 2nd round over Hoi Lam-Ho, Hong Kong a . Point wins over Ayako Minowa, Japan (18: 2), Zhang Qui (9: 4) u. Nicole Adams (5: 0) |
| 2009 | 5. | Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul | Bantam | after the demolition victory in the 1st round over Aziza Abbasowa, Kazakhstan a. Point defeat against Alexandra Kuleschowa , Russia (9:13) |
| 2009 | 1. | EU championship in Pazardzhik / Bulgaria | Bantam | after winning points over Lorna Weaver (11: 2), demolition win over Csilla Nemedi , Hungary a. Points victory over Irene Gordo, Italy |
| 2009 | 1. | EM in Nikolajew / Ukraine | Bantam | after winning points over Cindy Metz, Germany (10: 1), demolition victory in the 1st round over Lorna Weaver u. Point wins over Helene Falk , Sweden (5: 3) u. Ivanna Krupenia , Ukraine (8: 3) |
| 2010 | 3. | World Cup in Bridgetown / Barbados | Bantam | after winning points over Oksana Koroljewa, Kazakhstan (12: 2), Leiryn Flores, Venezuela (14: 2) u. Yase Tas (9: 3) and Point defeat against Jelena Saweljewa , Russia (5:14) |
International battles
| date | place | encounter | Weight class | Result |
| March 30, 2005 | Rzeszów | Poland versus Ukraine | Bantam | Points victory over Ludmilla Gricai (3-0 referee votes) |
| 2.4. 2005 | Nowy Sacz | Poland versus Ukraine | Bantam | Points victory over Ludmilla Grica (3-0 referee votes) |
| May 16, 2006 | Koszalin | Poland versus Germany | up to 52 kg body weight | Points victory over Natalie Kalinowski |
| 11/15/2008 | Świecie | Poland versus Italy | Bantam | Points victory over Giala Lardi (3-0 referee votes) |
Polish championships
| year | space | Weight class | Result |
| 2003 | 1. | feather | |
| 2004 | 1. | feather | |
| 2005 | 1. | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 1st lap over Joanna Potocka |
| 2006 | 1. | Bantam | after the demolition victory in the 1st lap over Agata Karcz |
| 2007 | 1. | Bantam | after the demolition victory in the 1st lap over Edyta Twardoch |
| 2008 | 1. | Bantam | after the demolition win in the 2nd round over Daria Walczykiewicz |
| 2009 | 1. | Bantam | after winning points over Sandra Drabik (25: 9) |
| 2010 | 1. | Bantam | after defeating Joanna Gutowska without a fight |
Explanations
- WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- EU = European Union
- KG = body weight
- Fly weight, up to 51 kg, bantam weight up to 54 kg, feather weight, up to 57 kg body weight
swell
- Box Sport magazine
- Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl"
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michalczuk, Karolina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish female boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th December 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brzezice near Lublin |