Luca Hámori
{{Short description|Hungarian boxer (born 2001)}}
{{Hungarian name|Hámori Anna Luca}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Luca Hámori
| image =
| weight class = Welterweight
| weight =
| height = 1.75 m
| reach =
| birth_name = Anna Luca Hámori
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Szombathely, Hungary
| style = Orthodox
| boxrec = 880928
| total = 32
| wins = 18
| KO = 3
| losses = 13
| draws = 0
| no contests = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's amateur boxing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{HUN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|Welterweight}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U22 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Poreč|Welterweight}}
}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Fehér |first1=János |title=Először indulhat magyar női bokszoló olimpián |url=https://telex.hu/sport/2023/06/28/hamori-luca-az-elso-magyar-no-aki-bokszban-kijutott-az-olimpiara-europa-jatekok |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Telex |date=28 June 2023 |language=hu}}
She competes for the Fitt-Box Boxing Association based in Kőszeg.{{cite news |title=Ökölvívás: Hámori Luca tovább menetel az olimpián! |url=https://www.vaol.hu/olimpia-2024/2024/08/okolvivas-hamori-luca-tovabb-menetel-az-olimpian |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=VAOL |date=1 August 2024 |language=Hungarian}}
Career
She started boxing in 2011. She credits her older brother Ádám with inspiring her to pursue a boxing career.{{cite news |last1=Acharya |first1=Riddhi |title=Who is Imane Khelif's next opponent Anna Luca Hamori? Everything about the controversial boxer's matchup at the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-who-imane-khelif-s-next-opponent-anna-luca-hamori-everything-controversial-boxer-s-matchup-paris-olympics |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Sportskeeda |date=1 August 2024}}
She won a silver medal at the 2016 European Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Youth Championships.{{cite news |title=Kiütést kaptunk a pontozóktól |url=https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2018/12/29/kiutest-kaptunk-a-pontozoktol |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Utánpótlássport |date=29 December 2018 |language=Hungarian}}
She represented Hungary at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, where she competed in the 60 kg division.{{cite news |title=Ifjúsági olimpia: a kilencedik nap eseményei élőben! |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/egyeb-egyeni/2018/10/ifjusagi-olimpia-a-kilencedik-nap-esemenyei |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Nemzeti Sport |date=15 October 2018 |language=Hungarian}} In 2022, she took the silver medal in the welterweight category at the European U22 Championships in Poreč, Croatia.{{cite news |title=Ökölvívás: Hámori és Hoffmann is ezüstérmes a poreci U22-es Eb-n |url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/utanpotlassport/2022/03/okolvivas-hamori-es-hoffmann-is-ezustermes-a-poreci-u22-es-eb-n |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Nemzeti Sport |date=23 March 2022 |language=Hungarian}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/BOX/EG2023_BOX_C75_BOXW66KG--------------------------.pdf|title=Boxing – Women's 66kg – Draw Sheet|website=results.european-games.org|date=1 July 2023|access-date=1 July 2023}} She also competed at the 2024 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, but lost to Oshin Derieuw in the preliminary round.{{cite news |title=Műtétjei után agyrázkódást szenvedett a magyar olimpikon |url=https://ripost.hu/oldalvonal/2024/04/hamori-luca-bokszolo-olimpia |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Ripost |date=29 April 2024 |language=Hungarian}}
=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. She defeated Marissa Williamson of Australia in the round of 16.{{cite news |last1=Ághassi |first1=Attila |title=A bokszoló Hámori Luca második meccsét is megnyerte az olimpián |url=https://telex.hu/sport/2024/08/01/hamori-luca-okolvivas-parizs-olimpia |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Telex |date=1 August 2024 |language=Hungarian}} In the quarterfinal, she lost 0–5 to Imane Khelif of Algeria.{{cite news |last1=Ághassi |first1=Attila |title=Hámori Luca egyhangú pontozással veszített az algériai Helif ellen |url=https://telex.hu/sport/2024/08/03/hamori-luca-imane-helif-okolvivas-merkozes |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=Telex |date=3 August 2024 |language=Hungarian}}
Awards
She was elected {{ill|Hungarian Boxer of the Year|hu|Az év magyar ökölvívója}} in 2021, 2022 and 2023.{{cite news |title=Már harmadszor: idén is Hámori Luca az év legjobb női ökölvívója |url=https://www.vaol.hu/helyi-sport/2023/12/mar-harmadszor-iden-is-hamori-luca-az-ev-legjobb-noi-okolvivoja |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=VAOL |date=29 December 2023 |language=Hungarian}}
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.{{cite web |title=Versenyzők: Hámori Ádám |url=https://fitt-box.com/hu/versenyzok/hamori-adam/ |access-date=3 August 2024 |publisher=Fitt-Box Ökölvívó Egyesület |language=Hungarian}}{{cite news |title=Junior ökölvívó Eb: két magyar aranyérem Keszthelyen |url=https://www.zaol.hu/sport/2011/07/junior-okolvivo-eb-ket-magyar-aranyerem-keszthelyen |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=ZAOL |date=2 July 2011 |language=Hungarian}}
As of 2024, she lives in Kőszeg.
References
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Category:21st-century Hungarian sportswomen
Category:Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:European Games bronze medalists for Hungary
Category:Boxers at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in boxing
Category:Hungarian women boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for Hungary