Sema Çalışkan

Sema Çalışkan (born 24 July 1996) is a Turkish female boxer competing in the Light middleweight (70 kg) division.[2] World championship bronze medalist, two-time European Championship silver medalist. She performed in categories from 60 to 75 kg.[3]

Sema Çalışkan
Statistics
Weight(s)Light middleweight
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
NationalityTurkish
Born (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Boxing record[1]
Total fights56
Wins34
Wins by KO0
Losses22
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 New DelhiLight welterweight
Bronze medal – third place2022 IstanbulLight middleweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 SofiaWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2018 SofiaLight welterweight
Bronze medal – third place2019 AlcobendasLightweight

Boxing career

Four-time winner of the national championship in the weight category up to 75 kg (since 2015, 2016) and in the weight up to 69 kg (2017) and in the weight up to 64 kg (2018).

In 2016 she won a silver medal in the category up to 69 kg at the European Championships in Sofia. In the first round, she defeated Croatian Jovana Vučić, and in the quarterfinals she won by unanimous decision against Finnish Elina Gustafsson.[4]

In 2018, in June, she again won a silver medal at the European Championships in Sofia, this time in the category up to 64 kg. In the quarterfinals, she won against Antonia Aksyonova of Belarus 5:0,[5] in the semifinals against Russian Ekaterina Dynnik 3:2.[6] In the final she lost to Bulgarian Melisa Jonuzova 0:5.[7] In November of the same year, she won a bronze medal at the world championships in New Delhi after losing in the semifinals to Ukrainian Mariya Bova 1: 4.[8]

In 2022, in June, she won a bronze medal at the world championships in Istanbul after losing in the semifinals to Irısh Lisa O'Rourke.[9]

References
  1. "Boxing record for Sema Çalışkan". BoxRec.
  2. "BoxRec: Sema Caliskan".
  3. "Amateur Boxing - Sema Caliskan (Turkey)".
  4. "Avrupa Büyük Kadınlar Boks Şampiyonası'nda 1 Altın, 2 Gümüş ve 2 Bronz Madalya".
  5. "Avrupa Kadınlar Boks Şampiyonasında büyük heyecan".
  6. "Avrupa Kadınlar Boks Şampiyonasında heyecan sürüyor".
  7. "Buse Naz Çakıroğlu, Sema Çalışkan ve Elif Güneri, gümüş madalya".
  8. "Sema Çalışkan'dan bronz madalya".
  9. "Dünya Kadınlar Boks Şampiyonası'nda Sema Çalışkan bronz madalya kazandı".
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