▪️Yomna’s hopes of advancing to the finals were shattered by Kosovo’s Donjeta Sadiku who won their semi-final encounter on points
▪️With 16 boxers in action Africa managed only one bronze won by the Egyptian boxer
February 28, 2026
Yomna Ayyad (pictured left against Rimma Volossenko) will return to Egypt with pride and inner satisfaction following her splendid show in the ongoing Strandja Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She put up an impressive performance today in the semi-finals against Kosovo’s 2022 world bronze medallist Donjeta Sadiku before going down on points in the lightweight division.
Yomna matched Sadiku punch for punch to make a big statement in the female lightweight division.
The highlight of Yomna’s participation in the Strandja Memorial was her memorable 3-2 points victory over the highly regarded Kazakhstan’s 2021 Asia Women’s Championships gold medallist Rimma Volossenko in the quarter-finals.
Yomna, a bronze medallist in the 2023 African Games in Accra, is Egypt’s first ever female boxer to qualify for the Olympics in 2024 in Paris. However, she did not take part following her failure to make the bantamweight division. She has made up for that disappointment by winning a bronze medal in Sofia.
The female lightweight final in the Strandja Memorial will pit WB 2025 world champion Rebecca De Lima Santos of Brazil against Sadiku. The Brazilian outpointed one of Mongolia’s most successful female boxers in the other semi-final bout Namuun Monkhor, a gold medallist in the 2021 World Cup of Petroleum countries in Russia.
Africa was represented by 16 boxers in the Strandja Memorial, eight Algerians, six from Egypt and one Sierra Leonean.
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