Athletes from Turkey concluded the 2024 Boxing European Championship with 3 gold and 2 bronze medals. Under the leadership of Eyüp Gözgeç, the Turkish Boxing Federation achieved successful results at the European Championship before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The event in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, marked many „firsts“ for Turkish boxers. Samet Gümüş, competing in the men’s 51-kilogram category, won the gold medal at his first European Championship in the senior category. The 22-year-old Samet secured Turkey’s first men’s European title in 13 years. Fatih Keleş, who reached the finals of the Boxing European Championship in Ankara in 2011, won the gold medal, and Adem Kılıççı won the silver medal. Busenaz Sürmeneli became European champion for the first time, competing in the women’s 66-kilogram class and winning her first European title in her career. The 25-year-old boxer, who has won Olympic, World, Mediterranean, and European championships, also won the gold medal at the European Championship, where she competed for the first time in the final, completing the only missing piece of her career. Buse Naz Çakıroğlu became European champion for the third consecutive time, winning her third European title in a row in the women’s 52-kilogram class. Büşra and Tuğrulhan won their first European medals in the seniors. Büşra Işıldar won the bronze medal in the women’s 75-kilogram race, and Tuğrulhan Erdemir won the bronze medal in the men’s 71-kilogram race. The 22-year-old Büşra, who won the European Championship under 22 years old, and the 25-year-old Tuğrulhan, who finished 2nd in the European Championship under 22 years old, received their first medals in the senior European Championship. T24.
