Esra Yıldız

Esra Yıldız Kahraman (born 4 July 1997) is a Turkish amateur boxer who won a bronze medal in the lightweight divisions at the 2016 European Championships. She was named as a competitor for Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics. After the match, Kahraman sparked controversy by making an X gesture with her index finger. This gesture was likely related to a previous incident where Lin had been stripped of a bronze medal at a championship organized by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) due to alleged testing irregularities. The controversy occurred during ongoing debates about gender eligibility in boxing though the IBA did not disclose the testing methodology, stating that the "specifics remain confidential".

The Washington Post reported that the specifics of the failed tests for both Lin Yu-ting and another boxer, Imane Khelif, remained unclear. In June 2023, the IBA's Olympic status was revoked due to governance issues and perceived judging and refereeing corruption.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit had previously criticized similar disqualifications as "sudden and arbitrary" and taken "without any due process".