Laura Fuertes
Born28 November 2000
Asturias, Spain
Nationality Spain
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 InstanbulLight flyweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaLight flyweight
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Light flyweight

Laura Fuertes is a Spanish boxer.[1][2][3][4] She participated at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in the light flyweight division.[5] Fuertes was the first Spanish boxer to win a World Championships medal.[5][6]

She won a bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7]

References

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