Luca Hámori Explained

Luca Hámori
Weight Class:Welterweight
Height:1.75 m
Birth Name:Anna Luca Hámori
Birth Date:12 March 2001
Birth Place:Szombathely, Hungary
Style:Orthodox
Boxrec:880928
Total:32
Wins:18
Ko:3
Losses:13
Draws:0
No Contests:0

Anna Luca Hámori (born 12 March 2001) is a Hungarian amateur boxer.

She is a member of the Hungarian national team and an 11-time national champion in Hungary. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female boxer to represent Hungary at the Olympic Games.[1]

She competes for the Fitt-Box Boxing Association based in Kőszeg.[2]

Career

She started boxing in 2011. She credits her older brother Ádám with inspiring her to pursue a boxing career.[3]

She won a silver medal at the 2016 European Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Youth Championships.[4] She represented Hungary at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, where she competed in the 60 kg division.[5] In 2022, she took the silver medal in the welterweight category at the European U22 Championships in Poreč, Croatia.[3] [6]

At the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland, she won a bronze medal in the welterweight category, thus earning a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] [7] She also competed at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, but lost to Oshin Derieuw in the preliminary round.[8]

2024 Summer Olympics

She represented Hungary at the Paris Olympic Games in the 66 kg category, becoming the first female boxer from Hungary to participate in the Olympics.[1] She defeated Marissa Williamson of Australia in the round of 16.[9] In the quarterfinal, she lost 0–5 to Imane Khelif of Algeria.[10]

Awards

She was elected in 2021, 2022 and 2023.[11]

Personal life

Hámori was born in Szombathely on 12 March 2001. Her older brother, Ádám Hámori (born 1995), is a five-time national champion and European junior champion in boxing.[12] [13]

As of 2024, she lives in Kőszeg.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Fehér . János . Először indulhat magyar női bokszoló olimpián . 3 August 2024 . . 28 June 2023 . hu.
  2. News: Ökölvívás: Hámori Luca tovább menetel az olimpián! . 3 August 2024 . VAOL . 1 August 2024 . Hungarian.
  3. News: Acharya . Riddhi . Who is Imane Khelif's next opponent Anna Luca Hamori? Everything about the controversial boxer's matchup at the Paris Olympics . 3 August 2024 . . 1 August 2024.
  4. News: Kiütést kaptunk a pontozóktól . 3 August 2024 . Utánpótlássport . 29 December 2018 . Hungarian.
  5. News: Ifjúsági olimpia: a kilencedik nap eseményei élőben! . 3 August 2024 . . 15 October 2018 . Hungarian.
  6. News: Ökölvívás: Hámori és Hoffmann is ezüstérmes a poreci U22-es Eb-n . 3 August 2024 . . 23 March 2022 . Hungarian.
  7. Web site: Boxing – Women's 66kg – Draw Sheet. results.european-games.org. 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023.
  8. News: Műtétjei után agyrázkódást szenvedett a magyar olimpikon . 3 August 2024 . Ripost . 29 April 2024 . Hungarian.
  9. News: Ághassi . Attila . A bokszoló Hámori Luca második meccsét is megnyerte az olimpián . 3 August 2024 . . 1 August 2024 . Hungarian.
  10. News: Ághassi . Attila . Hámori Luca egyhangú pontozással veszített az algériai Helif ellen . 3 August 2024 . . 3 August 2024 . Hungarian.
  11. News: Már harmadszor: idén is Hámori Luca az év legjobb női ökölvívója . 3 August 2024 . VAOL . 29 December 2023 . Hungarian.
  12. Web site: Versenyzők: Hámori Ádám . 3 August 2024 . Fitt-Box Ökölvívó Egyesület . Hungarian.
  13. News: Junior ökölvívó Eb: két magyar aranyérem Keszthelyen . 3 August 2024 . ZAOL . 2 July 2011 . Hungarian.