2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships

The 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at KD Jadav Indoor Stadium at New Delhi, India and took place between 15 and 24 November 2018.[2][3]

2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
LocationNew Delhi, India
Start date15 November
End date24 November
Competitors277 from 62 nations[1]
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In the finals of the light flyweight category Mary Kom of India beat Ukrainian boxer Hana Okhota to win the gold, creating history by becoming the first woman boxer to win six gold medals in the AIBA World Boxing Championships.[4][5]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (India)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)4105
2  Chinese Taipei (TPE)2002
3  India (IND)*1124
4  North Korea (PRK)1023
5  Germany (GER)1012
6  Ireland (IRL)1001
7  Ukraine (UKR)0202
8  Turkey (TUR)0123
9  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0112
 Netherlands (NED)0112
11  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Colombia (COL)0101
 Thailand (THA)0101
14  United States (USA)0033
15  Japan (JPN)0022
16  Australia (AUS)0011
 Belarus (BLR)0011
 Mongolia (MGL)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (21 entries)10102040

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light flyweight (45–48 kg)
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 Mary Kom (IND)  Hanna Okhota (UKR)  Kim Hyang-mi (PRK)
 Madoka Wada (JPN)
Flyweight (51 kg)
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 Pang Chol-mi (PRK)  Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ)  Virginia Fuchs (USA)
 Tsukimi Namiki (JPN)
Bantamweight (54 kg)
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 Lin Yu-ting (TPE)  Stoyka Petrova (BUL)  Kristy Harris (AUS)
 Myagmardulamyn Nandintsetseg (MGL)
Featherweight (57 kg)
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 Ornella Wahner (GER)  Sonia Chahal (IND)  Jemyma Betrian (NED)
 Jo Son-hwa (PRK)
Lightweight (60 kg)
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 Kellie Harrington (IRL)  Sudaporn Seesondee (THA)  Karina Ibragimova (KAZ)
 Oh Yeon-ji (KOR)
Light welterweight (64 kg)
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 Dou Dan (CHN)  Mariia Bova (UKR)  Simranjit Kaur (IND)
 Sema Çalışkan (TUR)
Welterweight (69 kg)
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 Chen Nien-chin (TPE)  Gu Hong (CHN)  Lovlina Borgohain (IND)
 Nadine Apetz (GER)
Middleweight (75 kg)
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 Li Qian (CHN)  Nouchka Fontijn (NED)  Naomi Graham (USA)
 Lauren Price (WAL)
Light heavyweight (81 kg)
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 Wang Lina (CHN)  Jessica Caicedo (COL)  Elif Güneri (TUR)
 Viktoria Kebikava (BLR)
Heavyweight (+81 kg)
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 Yang Xiaoli (CHN)  Şennur Demir (TUR)  Danielle Perkins (USA)
 Kristina Tkacheva (RUS)

Controversy

Despite the Kosovo Boxing Federation being a full member of the AIBA,[6] Indian authorities refused to grant visas to competitors from Kosovo, thus preventing them from participating in the event.[7] Athletes from Kosovo were previously denied entry to India in 2017 for the Youth Women's World Championships.[8]

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