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.
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| Born | 20 September 2002 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BVSC-Zugló | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSzűcs 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
edit- ^ "Luca Szűcs". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Luca Szűcs - Bio". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Luca Szűcs". FIE. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "For the First Time, Hungarian Women's Saber Team Wins World Fencing Championships – PHOTOS". Hungary Today. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's Fencing Team Retains World Championship Title in Milan". Hungary Today. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Luca Szűcs - Events". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2024.