Gizem Özer
# Gizem Özer

Gizem Özer (born 9 April 2001) is a Turkish female boxer competing in the lightweight (60 kg) division.

## Boxing career

Starting boxing in Elazığ in 2017, Özer, an athlete of Elazığ Belediyespor Club, continues to work under the management of national team coach Cemil Döndü. Özer, who won a silver medal at the Under-22 European Boxing Championships held in Porec, Croatia on March 12–24, won the first place at the Universities Boxing Uni-lig Turkey Championships hosted by Balıkesir University on March 31.

She reached the semifinals in the women's lightweight category at the 3rd European Games held at Nowy Targ Arena in Nowy Targ, Poland, beating Moldovan Cristina Chiper 5–0 in the first round, Lithuanian Ana Starovoitova 4–0 in the second round and Ukrainian Hanna Okhrei 5–0 in the quarterfinals. She lost to Serbian Natalia Shadrina 4–1 in the semifinals and won the bronze medal. She won a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

