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Luca Szűcs

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Luca Szűcs
Born (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
CountryHungary
WeaponSabre
HandLeft-handed
ClubBVSC-Zugló
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Milan Team
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toruń Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Plovdiv Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Dubai Team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Poreč Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Novi Sad Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallin Team
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toruń Individual
European Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Foggia Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sochi Team

Luca Szűcs (born 20 September 2002)[1] is a Hungarian sabre fencer. She is a two-time world champion and won the women's team sabre events at the World Championships in 2022 and 2023.[2] Szűcs is also a two-time junior world champion and three-time junior European champion. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

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Szűcs got inspired to start fencing around age 10, after seeing the fencers' "shiny outfits and amazingly fast moves" at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.[3] Her club team is BVSC-Zugló in Budapest, where her coaches are István Bódy, and his son, Benjámin Bódy, while on the national level she is coached by Gábor Gárdos.[3] She won her first international medals when she placed second in the team sabre event at the European Cadets Championships in 2018 and won the gold medal in the same event at the championships the following year. Szűcs won the gold medal in the individual sabre event at the Junior World Championships in 2019 and the team sabre event at the European Junior Championships in 2020.

Szűcs won her first international senior title at the 2022 World Championships, where she won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event.[4] That same year, she won her second European junior team sabre title and placed second in the team sabre event at the Junior World Championships. Szűcs won the gold medal in the team sabre event at the 2023 World Championships, 2023 Junior World Championships and 2023 European Junior Championships.[5] She represented Hungary in the women's sabre event and women's team sabre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she reached the quarterfinals and finished sixth respectively.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Luca Szűcs". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Luca Szűcs - Bio". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Luca Szűcs". FIE. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ "For the First Time, Hungarian Women's Saber Team Wins World Fencing Championships – PHOTOS". Hungary Today. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's Fencing Team Retains World Championship Title in Milan". Hungary Today. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Luca Szűcs - Events". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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