Laura Fuertes

Laura Fuertes
2025 World Boxing Championships
Personal information
Nationality Spain
BornLaura Fuertes Fernández
(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 27)
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Boxing career
Light flyweight
StanceOrthodox
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 IstanbulLight flyweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaLight flyweight
European Boxing Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Sofia51 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 TarantoLight flyweight
Bronze medal – third place2022 OranLight flyweight

Laura Fuertes Fernández (born 29 April 1999) is a Spanish boxer. She competed at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the light flyweight division. She was the first Spanish boxer to win a World Championships medal.

She won a bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fuertes and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

References

  1. ↑ "Laura Fuertes". L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Laura Fuertes, first Asturian in a European". El Comercio (in Spanish). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Carrera, Alvaro (15 November 2018). "Laura Fuertes, the debutant of whom they have taken note". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Laura Fuertes, the Spanish promise of women's boxing: "There are many prejudices"". El Español (in Spanish). 16 December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Piedrabuena, Celles (16 May 2022). "Historical! Laura Fuertes secures the medal in the Boxing World Cup". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 "IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2022" (PDF). IBA World Boxing Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Laura Fuertes, history of Spanish women's boxing: first medal achieved in a World Cup". El Español (in Spanish). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.