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Hatice Akbaş
Born (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22)
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Educationİnönü University
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights16
Wins13
Wins by KO0
Losses3
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Bantamweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Istanbul Bantamweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Bantamweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Bantamweight
European U22 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Poreč Flyweight

Hatice Akbaş (born 1 January 2002) is a Turkish Olympics silver medalist, world and European champion female boxer competing in the bantamweight (54 kg) division.[1]

Early years

Hatice Akbaş started boxing at her age of nine in the sport hall her father opened in Malatya.[2]

She took the gold medal at the 2016 European Women Youth Boxing Championships in Ordu, Turkey.[2][3] She became champion in the flyweight (50–52 kg) event at the 2022 European U22 Boxing Championships held in Poreč, Croatia on 22 March 2022.[2][4]

Boxing career

On 20 May 2022, she won the gold medal in the 54 kg category at the Women's World Championship defeating Romania's Lăcrămioara Perijoc in the bantamweight final in Istanbul, Turkey.[2][5] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she captured the gold medal.[6] She took a bronze medal at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland on 30 June 2023.[7]

Akbaş is a member of Fenerbahçe Boxing.[2][4]

At the 3rd European Games held at Nowy Targ Arena in Nowy Targ, Poland, she reached the semi-finals in the women's bantamweight division after bypassing the first round, defeating Hungarian Hanna Lakotár 5-0 in the second round and Italian Sirine Charaabi 4-1 in the quarter-finals. She lost to Romanian Lăcrămioara Perijoc 3-2 in the semi-final and won the bronze medal. She won a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]

In the round of 32, the first match of the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Great Britain boxer defeated Charley Davison and advanced to the last 16 round.[9]

Personal life

Hatice Akbaş was born in Ankara, Turkey, on 1 January 2002.[10] Her father, Kerem Akbaş, was a Turkish champion boxer in 2010 but gained no international success. She has a sister and an older brother.[2]

References

  1. ^ "BoxRec: Hatice Akbas".
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tiryaki, Erkan (18 June 2022). "Dünya şampiyonu boksör Hatice Akbaş'ın başarı hikayesi 'Dangal' filmine benziyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Avrupa Boks Şampiyonası Yıldızlarından 3 Altın 1 Gümüş". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Fenerbahçeli milli boksör Hatice Akbaş, nakavtla U22 Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Turkey wins 5 gold medals at Women's World Boxing Championships". Daily Sabah. 20 May 2022.
  6. ^ Boztepe, Muhammed (1 July 2022). "19. Akdeniz Oyunları'nda milli boksör Hatice Akbaş altın madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Milli boksörler 3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda zirvede". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Paris 2024 Olimpiyat Oyunları boksta Hatice Akbaş, son 32 tur müsabakasını kazandı". IHA (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Hatice Akbaş Kimdir?" (in Turkish). Nokta. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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