Turkey wins 5 gold medals at Women's World Boxing Championships
Turkish Olympic champion boxer Busenaz Sürmeneli won the gold medal in the final of the 63-66 kilogram category, Istanbul, Turkey, May 20, 2022. (AA Photo)


Turkish national athletes won a total of five gold medals at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships Friday.

Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu won the gold medal in the 50 kilogram category.

Çakıroğlu beat Colombia's Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria 5-0 in the Women's Light Fly final.

The bronze medals were shared between Uzbek Aziza Yokubova and Spaniard Laura Fuertes Fernandez.

The 25-year-old Çakıroğlu had eliminated Mongolian Mungunsaran Balsan in the first round, Algerian Roumaysa Boualam in the second, Aira Cordero Villegas in the quarterfinals, and Fernandez in the semifinals.

National athlete Hatice Akbaş competing against her rival from Thailand, Preedakamon Tintabthai, at the World Women's Boxing Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, May 20, 2022. (AA Photo)

In the Women's Bantam (52-54 kilogram) category, Hatice Akbaş was awarded the gold on Friday after beating Lacramioara Perijoc of Romania 3-2 in the final.

The bronze medals were shared by Kazakh Dina Zholaman and Thai Preedakamon Tintabthai.

After passing the first round without a match, the Turkish boxer eliminated German Zeina Nassar in the second round, followed by Armenian Ekaterina Sycheva in the third, Bulgarian Stanimira Petrova in the quarterfinals, and Thai Tintabthai in the semifinals.

This marked the third gold medal for Turkey in the organization as Ayşe Çağırır had bagged another top prize in the women's 48 kilogram category on Thursday.

Later on Friday, Olympic champion boxer Busenaz Sürmeneli won the gold medal in the final of the 63-66 kilogram category.

Sürmeneli, 23, beat her Canadian opponent Charlie Cavanagh in the welterweight, to become world champion for a second time.

She had previously bagged gold medals in the 2019 World Championships and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Finally, Turkey's Şennur Demir won the gold medal in the 81+ kilograms category.