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 started boxing in 2000. She comes from Denizli and became a member of the Denizli FC sports club in 2001 . After differences with this club, she moved to the Belediyespor Kocaeli sports club in 2010 . In the boxing sport for women, which was still developing at the beginning of her career, she made very rapid progress and already represented Turkey in 2001 at the 1st World Championship in women's boxing in Scranton , USA . She started in the heavyweight division , which at this world championship reached a body weight of 90 kg and took 3rd place behind Devonne Canady from the United States and Maria Kovacs from Hungary together with Maria Reingard from Russia . Individual results from this championship are not known.

After that, results of her are only known from 2004. This year she took first place at the so-called Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul , which was one of the best-filled tournaments in women's boxing in the world at the time. She came here in the light heavyweight division , the weight class in which she now exclusively started, in the final to a point victory over Tamara Lialina from Russia . At the 2004 European Championships in Riccione / Italy, she took 3rd place behind Angela Torska from Ukraine and Galina Iwanowa from Russia.

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

In 2006 Yağcı had to admit defeat to Galina Iwanowa on points (18:23) in the final of the Ahmet Comert tournament. At the 2006 European Championships in Warsaw she was in the semi-finals, because she lost again to Galina Iwanowa and thus still won an EM bronze medal. 2006 World Championships took place in New Delhi again, with Selma Yagci at the start. However, she already lost there in the quarter-finals against Irina Sinezkaja from Russia and therefore "only" took 5th place. In 2007 she won the Ahmet Comert tournament again, beating Nadja Abdel Mameed from Egypt by breaking off in the second round and Irina Komar from Ukraine on points (17: 3). At the 2007 European Championships in Vejle / Denmark , she lost in the semifinals against Anna Gladkitsch from Russia by breaking off in the 2nd round, but still won another bronze medal, as only four participants were at the start in the light heavyweight division. In December 2007, Yağcı was then champion of the European Union in Lille , defeating Catalina Stanga from Romania and Karolina Bagnowska from Poland by breaking off in the second round.

Also in 2008 and 2009 Yağcı was successful at the international championships. In 2008 she was again champion of the European Union. In Liverpool she defeated Ulrike Brückner from Germany and Fetti Paraschina from Romania. At the World Championships in Ningbo / China , she won over Irina Komar (11: 3) and Anna Gladkitsch (14: 4) on points, but lost to Chinese Tang Jieli on points (6: 8) in the semifinals . In 2009 she was again vice European champion in Nikolajew / Ukraine . She defeated Maria Jaworskaja from Russia (8: 6) and Desislawa Lazarowa from Bulgaria (4: 2) on points and lost in the final against Luminata Turcin from Romania just 1: 2 on points.

In 2010, she missed out on medals for the first time in a year. At the championship of the European Union in Keszthely / Hungary she lost in the semifinals against Sylwia Kusiak from Poland on points (0: 7) and at the World Cup in Bridgeport / Barbados she lost after a victory over Maria Jaworskaja (11: 8) against the bis then in Europe completely unknown Roseli Feitosa from Brazil clearly on points (3:16). It took 5th place at both events.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2001	3.	World Cup in Scranton / USA	Heavy	behind Devonne Canady , USA u. Maria Kovacs , Hungary , together with Maria Reingard, Russia
2004	1.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after winning points in the final over Tamara Lialina, Russia (27:13)
2004	3.	EM in Riccione / Italy	Semi-difficult	behind Angela Torska, Ukraine a . Galina Ivanova (boxer) , Russia
2005	1.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after defeating Ewa Piwaworska, Poland
2005	3.	EM in Tønsberg / Norway	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Galina Iwanowa (13:27)
2005	2.	World Cup in Podolsk / Russia	Semi-difficult	after the demolition win in the 2nd round over Rosemarie Simich, Australia , point win over Tyler Lord-Wilder , USA (48:29) and Point defeat against Galina Iwanowa (20:33)
2006	2.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Lekha Kozhummel Chettadi, India (22:16) and Point defeat against Galina Iwanowa (18:23)
2006	3.	EM in Warsaw	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Galina Iwanowa (10:26)
2006	5.	World Cup in New Delhi	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the quarterfinals against Irina Sinezkaja , Russia (10:14)
2007	1.	Ahmet Comert tournament in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after the demolition victory in the 2nd round over Nadja Abdel Mameed, Egypt a . Points win over Irina Komar , Ukraine (17: 3)
2007	3.	EM in Vejle / Denmark	Semi-difficult	after defeat in the second round in the semifinals against Anna Gladkitsch , Russia
2007	1.	EU championship in Lille	Semi-difficult	after demolition victories in the 2nd round via Catalina Stanga, Romania u. Karolina Bagnowska, Poland
2008	2.	Intern. Tournament in Stupino / Russia	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the final against Lekha Kozhummel Chettadi (16: 16+)
2008	3.	Ladies Nikolayev City Cup	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Irina Komar (7:11)
2008	1.	EU Championship in Liverpool	Semi-difficult	after victories over Ulrike Brückner , Germany a . Fetti Paraschina, Romania
2008	3.	World Cup in Ningbo / China	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Irina Komar (11: 3) u. Anna Gladkitsch (14: 4) and a point defeat against Tang Jieli , China (6; 8)
2009	2.	EM in Nikolajew / Ukraine	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Maria Jaworskaja , Russia (8: 6) u. Desislawa Lazarowa , Bulgaria (4: 2) u. a point defeat against Luminata Turcin , Romania (1: 2)
2010	3.	Turkish Prime Minister's Cup in Ankara	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the semifinals against Luminata Turcin (0: 3)
2010	5.	EU championship in Keszthely / Hungary	Semi-difficult	after losing points in the quarterfinals against Sylwia Kusiak, Poland (0: 7)
2010	5.	World Cup in Bridgeport / Barbados	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Maria Jaworskaja (1: 8) and Point defeat in the quarterfinals against Roseli Feitosa , Brazil (3:16)

Explanations

• WM = world championships, EM = European championships
• EU = European Union
• Lightweight, up to 80 kg up to 2008, up to 81 kg body weight since 2009, heavyweight, up to 2008 up to 86 kg, in exceptional cases up to 90 kg body weight, since 2009 from 81 kg body weight

swell

• Box Sport magazine
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl"
• Website "www.turkboks.gov.tr"