After eight days of competition, featuring 333 bouts across 20 weight categories, Russia topped the medal table at the European U19 Boxing Championships in Loznica, Serbia.
Competition for the European U19 Boxing Championships took place between August 13 – 21 at the Sport Hall Lagator and served as an excellent development opportunity for emerging amateur athletes in Europe.
Russia dominated the overall medal table, collecting eight gold medals, whilst England finished second with four golds, one silver and three bronze medals. Ireland, Ukraine, Serbia, Italy, Georgia and Croatia also claimed gold medals during a championship that saw 25 nations finish with at least one medal.
Russia’s medal tally was spearheaded by Kristina Borisenko ( W54kg), Ekaterina Frolova (W80kg), Samira Itonieva (W80+kg) and Kirill Korshakov (M85kg). Prokhor Startsev defeated Italy’s Tiberio Nocadello to claim M80kg gold. Former European Junior Champion Anastasia Golunova also added gold at W57kg.
A total of 353 boxers from 35 nations competed for the 20 European titles, with Russia and Turkey fielding the largest delegations with 20 boxers each. Poland and Ukraine followed with 19 competitors.
England enjoyed an impressive championship, securing four gold medals. Rueben Huczmann defeated Russia’s Islam Magomedov in the M55kg final, while Lily Bassett controlled all three rounds against Ireland’s Ellen Joyce in the W57kg final to claim her fourth European title.
Albe Dowell produced one of the biggest surprises of the finals, overcoming Russia’s Temirsultan Temirsultanov in the M90kg final after falling behind early. Yashua Flemming completed England’s gold medal haul at M65kg, defeating Belarus’ Bahdan Shashlykou at his first European Championships.
Ireland enjoyed a memorable finals session, claiming gold through Kristian Jubani at M50kg and John Maher at M70kg. Jubani edged Georgia’s Shalva Beridze, while Maher defeated defending champion Akaki Basaria.
Germany’s Justin Kiz defeated Russia’s Kirill Shinkar with a superb final round to claim M75kg gold and Germany’s only title of the championships.
Serbia also secured two gold medals, with Sonja Vuksic overcoming Russia’s Daria Antipova at W75kg, while Jovana Devetakovic pushed Russia’s Anastasia Golunova before the Russian claimed victory at W57kg.
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khomenko defeated Russia’s Ivan Baibakov to claim gold in the M90+kg category.
Croatia enjoyed a historic championship with two women’s gold medals. Lorena Horvat defeated Turkey’s Buse Nur Yazan at W70kg, while Bella Zueva stopped Croatia’s Agata Stajcer at W65kg.
Italy’s Daniele Fabi defeated Azerbaijan’s Ali Baghishov to claim M60kg gold, while Slovakia’s Karolina Kollarova overcame England’s Lexie Walker to win W60kg.
The championships produced 10 different gold-medal nations, with 15 nations reaching at least one final and 25 countries collecting medals.
World Boxing is set to host its own U19 competition at the end of the 2026 season, with the U19 World Boxing Championships scheduled to take place in Budva, Montenegro from October 14 – 27.