Hülya Şahin
Hülya Şahin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hülya Şahin February 23, 1974 |
| Nationality | German Turkish |
| Other names | Julia “Sunshine” Sahin |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | junior flyweight |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 23 |
| Wins | 20 |
| Wins by KO | 2 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's amateur boxing | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 2001 Scranton, USA | 48 kg | |
| European Championships | ||
| 2003 Pécs, Hungary | 48 kg | |
| 2001 Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France | 48 kg | |
| Tournaments | ||
| 2003 Ahmet Cömert, Turkey | 48 kg | |
| 2003 Bocskai, Debrecen, Hungary | 48 kg | |
| 2002 Ahmet Cömert, Turkey | 48 kg | |
| 2001 Feenix Cup Turku, Finland | 48 kg | |
| 2000 European Cup Mâcon, France | 48 kg | |
| 1999 European Cup Köping, Sweden | 48 kg | |
| 1998 Witch Cup Pécs, Hungary | 51 kg | |
| Women's amateur kickboxing | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1999 W.A.K.O Caorle, Italy | 52 kg | |
| 1998 | n/a | |
| 1995 W.A.K.O Kyiv, Ukraine | 52 kg | |
| European Championships | ||
| 1996 W.A.K.O Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro | 52 kg | |
Hülya Şahin, aka Julia "Sunshine" Sahin, (born February 23, 1974, in Siegen, West Germany) is a German professional female boxer. She is a former world champion in kickboxing and was world champion in amateur boxing as well. As of September 1, 2007, she is the undefeated WIBF world junior flyweight (48 kg) champion. The 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) tall sportswoman lives in Cologne, Germany. Hülya is an educated locksmith, working currently for the Cologne Transit Company (KVB) in the maintenance of ticket machines in trams.
At her age of 19, she began kickboxing inspired by her brother, who is a kickboxer. Hülya became quickly world champion as an amateur and later once again world champion, this time as a professional. However, she had to quit kickboxing due to a serious injury at her leg.
Her mother raised heavy objections soon after she started to perform boxing, and she tried hard to convince her parents. They accepted her choice as she began to gain success again by earning titles like four times the Turkish champion, twice the European champion and finally the world champion
Since 2004, she is boxing professionally and is the only female member of the boxing sports club Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg. She is coached by Michael Timm.