Georgian female boxer takes bronze at U22 European Championship
Georgian female boxer Ana Khunjua has gained historic victory. Photo: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.
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Georgian female boxer Ana Khunjua has won bronze at the Under 22 European Championship.
This is the first time in Georgia’s sports history when the female boxer won a medal.
Medals by nations of the women’s competition are as follows:
- Russia: 8 medals
- Turkey: 6 medals
- Italy: 5 medals
- Armenia, England, France, Poland: 2 medals
- Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ireland, Netherlands, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine: 1 medal
Take a look at the U22 quarter-final participated by Ana Khunjua and her Belarusian rival Aleksandra Karpovich.
Ana Khunjua competed in the 54 kg category, and defeated her Belarusian rival Aleksandra Karpovich in the quarter-final.
She lost the semi-final to Russian rival Anastasia Artamonova but still gained bronze.
Earlier, in June 2018, Anna Khunjua won a historical bout for Georgia in the first day of the EUBC European Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships.
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