Rola El-Halabi (; born in Bourjein,

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, on 17 March 1985) is a professional

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- Lebanese origin and former quadruple world champion in the

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, UBF, WBF and WIBA. She migrated to Germany with her family when she was one. In 1994 she started in

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and Thai kickboxing, and in 1996 in amateur boxing. After becoming champion runner-up in kick-boxing and multiple German champion in the International Amateur Boxing, she turned professional in 2006. On 30 September 2007, Rola Bou Orm became European champion of the

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(WIBF) in the lightweight division. In October 2008, she was honored as outstanding female athlete in

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. On 5 June 2009, she won the world title by WIBF and

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(WIBA) after defeating Spanish Loly Munoz. On 1 April 2011 just before a title fight against the Bosnian Irma Adler in Berlin-Karlshorst, her stepfather and former manager Hicham El-Halabi shot her in her hand, knee and both feet, a few months after his management contract was terminated in January 2011. He also injured two security guards before being arrested. The reason of the assault was apparently private, Hicham El-Halabi disapproving of Rola's relationship with a married man of Greek origin. Following her injuries, she did not fight in a professional match until she was defeated by Lucia Morelli on 12 January 2013. After her defeat she switched to a higher weight class (light welterweight) and in August of the same year she won the WBF title there by defeating Dalia Vasarhelyi. A month later she defended her title successfully against Sopo Putkaradze.Rola El-Halabi auf BoxRec
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Amateur record

Kickboxing and Thai kickboxing

She had 20 fights with 17 wins (8 with KO) and 3 defeats. In addition, she was: *Baden-Wuerttemberg kickboxing champion in 2001 *German Champion Kickboxing 2003 *Nations Cup champion kickboxing 2004 *German Champion Kickboxing 2004 *International German Champion Thai Boxing 2004 *Kickboxing World Cup winner 2004 *Vice European Champion Kickboxing 2004 *Vice World Champion Kickboxing 2005

Boxing

She had 22 amateur boxing fights, with 18 victories (3 with KO), 4 losses. In 2004, she took part in the European Championship. She was also: *International Tiroler Champion 2002 *Ceresit-Cup winner in 2002 *Bavarian Champion 2003 *International German Champion 2003 *International German Champion 2004 *South German Champion 2005 *Dolomitencup Winner 2005 *Polencup Winner 2006 *International German Champion 2006

Professional boxing career

Until January 2014, she won 12 out of 13 matches (with 7 KOs): *Charlotte von Baumgarten (Germany) (technical KO in first round – 10 June 2007) *Sabrina Stegner (Germany) (KO in first round – 4 August 2007) *Galina Gumliiska (Bulgaria) (points in 10 rounds – 30 September 2007) *Borislava Goranova (Bulgaria) (points in 4 rounds – 4 December 2007) *Elisabejta Suerica (Romania) (KO in first round – 9. February 2008) *Marina Kohlgruber (Germany) (points in 10 rounds – 26 July 2008) *Eva Santa (Serbia) (KO in 5th round – 16 November 2008) *Loly Munoz (Spain) (points in 10 rounds – 5 June 2009) *Agnese Boza (Latvia) (KO in 4th round – 4 September 2009) *Mia St. John (USA) (technical KO in 5th round – 20 March 2010) *Olga Bojare (Latvia) (points in 6 rounds – 4 June 2010) * Lucia Morelli (ITA) (PTN10 am 12 January 2013) * Dalia Vasarhelyi (Hun) (UD am 3 August 2013) * Sopo Putkaradze (GEO) (TKO am 7 September 2013)

Professional boxing record

References

External links

Rola Bou Orm official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halabi, Rola 1985 births Living people German women boxers Lebanese emigrants to Germany Sportspeople from Beirut German female kickboxers German people of Lebanese descent Lightweight boxers 21st-century German sportswomen