Meltem Akar (born May 12, 1982) is a
Turkish
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female boxer competing in the
light flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Professional boxing
The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
(48 kg) division.
She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in
Giresun
Giresun (), formerly Cerasus (Ancient Greek: Κερασοῦς, Greek: Κερασούντα), is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon.
Etymology
Giresun wa ...
.
Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa.
At the
2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Spodek stadium in Katowice, Poland from June 6 to June 11. This was the 6th edition of this annual competition organised by the European governing body for amateur box ...
held in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, she became champion.
Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the
Black Sea Technical University
Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical U ...
.
See also
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List of female boxers
This is a list of notable female boxers. For a list of notable male boxers, see List of male boxers.
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References
External links
Meltem Akara
Awakening Fighters
Sportspeople from Giresun
Turkish women boxers
Living people
Karadeniz Technical University alumni
1982 births
Light-flyweight boxers
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
20th-century Turkish sportswomen
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