Ana Starovoitova

Ana Starovoitova
Born10 February 1993
Vilnius, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Statistics
Weight(s)Lightweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Lithuania
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budva Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade Lightweight

Ana Starovoitova (born 10 February 1993)[1][2] is a Lithuanian female boxer and 2022 IBA lightweight bronze medallist at European championships.[3] She is also an active boxing coach in Klaipėda boxing club Bokso Visata.[4]

Biography

At the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships Starovoitova lost her first match with Kiria Tapia of Puerto Rico.

At the 2022 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships Starovoitova competed in the lightweight division. In the semifinal she lost to Czech Lenka Bernardova and was awarded bronze medal.[5]

During 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis, Starovoitova with her husband started a free boxing school for Ukrainian refugee children.[4]

At the 2024 European championships, she won a bronze medal again after she forfeited her semifinal fight against Nune Asatryan from Russia as an act of support for Ukraine.[6]

References

  1. ^ "IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2022 Entry List by NOC" (PDF). iba.sport. IBA. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Ana Starovoitova". tapology.com.
  3. ^ Amateur Boxing - Ana Starovoitova
  4. ^ a b Kare savanore ir paramedike tapusi Živilė: ne kiekvienas gali imti ginklą į rankas
  5. ^ Europos moterų bokso čempionate – dar vienas lietuvių medalis
  6. ^ "Su ašaromis medalį mirusiam tėčiui skyrusi boksininkė dėl aukso nekovos – laukia rusė". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 24 April 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.