Busenaz Sürmeneli (born 26 May 1998) is a Turkish Olympic and world champion

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Personal life

Busenaz Sürmeneli was born in

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

, Turkey on 25 May 1998. She grew up in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

, where her family had moved due to her father's profession. In her childhood, she wanted to play in the local women's football team. At the age of ten, she switched over to boxing with the guidance of Cahit Süme, technical director of the Turkey national boxing team. She studied Physical Education and Sport at Trabzon University.

Boxing career

She won several times titles at youth championships. Sürmeneli took the silver medal at the 2017 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in

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, Italy. She won the bronze medal at the 2019 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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, Spain. She became world champion at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in

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, Russia. In February 2020, she captured the gold medal in the 69 kg division at the 64th Bocskai István Memorial International Boxing Tournament held in

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, Hungary. Sürmeneli became champion in the

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event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. By defeating China’s Gu Hong, Surmeneli sealed the first-ever Olympics medal in boxing for Turkey at Kokugikan Arena in the Japanese capital. She has displayed exceptional form throughout the tournament, winning all her bouts with a one-sided 5:0 result. Sürmeneli won the gold medal in the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Istanbul. Surmeneli beat her Canadian opponent Charlie Cavanagh in the final of welter weight, to become world champion for a second time. She won the gold medal in the women's velterweight at the 3rd European Games held at Nowy Targ Arena in Nowy Targ, Poland, defeating Lithuanian Austėja Aučiūtė 5-0 in the first round, Greek Paraskevi Mavrommati in the second round on a referee's decision, Polish Aneta Rygielska 5-0 in the quarterfinals, Rosie Eccles of the United Kingdom 4-1 in the semifinals and Belgian Oshin Derieuw 5-0 in the final. Earned a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics.https://www.iha.com.tr/istanbul-haberleri/busenaz-surmeneliden-avrupa-oyunlarinda-altin-madalya-4412899/

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