Laura Fuertes

{{Short description|Spanish boxer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox boxer

| name = Laura Fuertes

| birth_name = Laura Fuertes Fernández

| nationality = {{ESP}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|04|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gijon, Asturias, Spain

| weight_class = Light flyweight

| height = 1.63 m

| stance = Orthodox

| boxrec = 899764

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Boxing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Istanbul|Light flyweight}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|Light flyweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2022 Oran | Light flyweight}}

}}

Laura Fuertes Fernández{{fnf|Fuertes|Fernández|lang=Spanish}} (born 29 April 1999){{Cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/AussiFicheAthlete202932.html |title=Laura Fuertes |work=L'Equipe |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=French}} is a Spanish boxer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/deportes/mas-deportes/laura-fuertes-primera-20180604002603-ntvo.html |title=Laura Fuertes, first Asturian in a European |work=El Comercio |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |url=https://as.com/masdeporte/2018/11/15/polideportivo/1542247570_983987.html |title=Laura Fuertes, the debutant of whom they have taken note |work=Diario AS |first=Alvaro |last=Carrera |date=15 November 2018 |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/otros-deportes/20181216/laura-fuertes-promesa-espanola-boxeo-femenino-prejuicios/360964560_0.html |title=Laura Fuertes, the Spanish promise of women's boxing: "There are many prejudices" |work=El Español |date=16 December 2018 |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/boxeo/20220516/1001806369/historico-laura-fuertes-asegura-medalla-mundial-boxeo.html |title=Historical! Laura Fuertes secures the medal in the Boxing World Cup |work=Mundo Deportivo |first=Celles |last=Piedrabuena |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Spanish}} She competed at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the light flyweight division.{{Cite web |url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/World_wom_Champs2022.pdf |title=IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2022 |work=IBA World Boxing Championships |access-date=29 June 2022}} She was the first Spanish boxer to win a World Championships medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/otros-deportes/20220518/laura-fuertes-historia-espanol-femenino-primera-mundial/673183187_0.html |title=Laura Fuertes, history of Spanish women's boxing: first medal achieved in a World Cup |work=El Español |date=18 May 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=Spanish}}

She won a bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Boxing Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/BOX/ResultBook/GDM2022_BOX_v1.3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704090718/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/BOX/ResultBook/GDM2022_BOX_v1.3.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2022 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}