Hatice Akbaş
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Born | Ankara, Turkey | 1 January 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | İnönü University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hatice Akbaş (born 1 January 2002) is a Turkish world-champion female boxer competing in the bantamweight (54 kg) division.[1]
Early years
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Hatice Akbaş was born in Ankara, Turkey on 1 January 2002.[10] Her father, Kerem Akbaş, was a Turkish champion boxer in 2010, gaimed, however, no international success. She has a sister and an older brother.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "BoxRec: Hatice Akbas".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Avrupa Boks Şampiyonası Yıldızlarından 3 Altın 1 Gümüş". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Fenerbahçeli milli boksör Hatice Akbaş, nakavtla U22 Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Turkey wins 5 gold medals at Women's World Boxing Championships". Daily Sabah. 20 May 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Milli boksörler 3. Avrupa Oyunları'nda zirvede". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olimpiyat Oyunları boksta Hatice Akbaş, son 32 tur müsabakasını kazandı". IHA (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Hatice Akbaş Kimdir?" (in Turkish). Nokta. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Hatice Akbas from BoxRec (registration required)
- Hatice Akbas at Olympics.com
- Hatice Akbas at Olympics.com Paris 2024
- Hatice Akbaş at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Hatice Akbaş at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)