Nadine Apetz (born 3 January 1986) is a German amateur boxer. She won bronze medals at the World Championships in

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and

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, and gold at the 2017 EU Championships. In

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, she became the first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the

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Personal life

Apetz was born on 3 January 1986 in Haan, and started

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aged 21, whilst studying at the University of Bremen, after being unable to afford to continue riding and playing

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. After completing her

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degree in biology in 2009, Apetz moved to Australia for three years, studying for her

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. In 2011, she graduated with a

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in neuroscience from the University of Bremen.Boxing APETZ Nadine
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Since 2016, Apetz is undertaking a

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degree in

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. She researches at the University Hospital Cologne for her topic of "deep brain stimulation in

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in old age." Her boxing trainer is

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. Apetz was appointed as a member of the Youth Commission of the

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(AIBA) for a term from 2019 to 2022.

Amateur career

She placed fifth at the

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. She won a

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at the

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s over Meena Rani, Timea Nagy, and Naomi Graham before losing to the eventual champion Valentina Khalzova. She was the first German boxer to win a medal at the championships since their inception in 2001. At the

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she won the

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, by eliminating

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and, in the final, Hanna Solecka. Apetz took bronze at the 2018 World Championships, and has won the German championship six times since 2011. There was no women's welterweight competition at the

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. When it was announced that it would be included in the

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, Apetz decided to focus on qualifying. In June 2021, she qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics after reaching the semi-finals of the

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, becoming the first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the Olympics. She lost in the final to

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Apetz, Nadine Living people 1986 births People from Haan Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German women boxers Welterweight boxers AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists European Games bronze medalists for Germany European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2019 European Games Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Germany University of Bremen alumni