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Gizem Özer (born 9 April 2001) is a Turkish
female boxer Although women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing's history until recently, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses ...
competing in the
lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
(60 kg) division.


Boxing career

Starting boxing in Elazığ in 2017, Özer, an athlete of Elazığ Belediyespor Club, continues to work under the management of national team coach Cemil Döndü. Özer, who won a silver medal at the Under-22 European Boxing Championships held in Porec, Croatia on 12–24 March, won the first place at the Universities Boxing Uni-lig Turkey Championships hosted by Balıkesir University on 31 March. She reached the semifinals in the women's lightweight category at the 3rd European Games held at Nowy Targ Arena in Nowy Targ, Poland, beating Moldovan Cristina Chiper 5–0 in the first round, Lithuanian Ana Starovoitova 4–0 in the second round and Ukrainian Hanna Okhrei 5–0 in the quarterfinals. She lost to Serbian Natalia Shadrina 4–1 in the semifinals and won the bronze medal. She won a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Özer was eliminated in her first match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, losing 4-1 to Italian Alessia Mesiano.


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Gizem Ozer
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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Özer, Gizem 2001 births Living people Turkish women boxers Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey