Sunniva Hofstad (born 17 July 2004) is a Norwegian boxer. She is junior world champion from 2022, European junior champion from 2021 and 2022, and qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 17 July 2004 Trondheim, Norway | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBorn in Trondheim on 17 July 2004,[1] Hofstad won a gold medal in the middleweight class (75 kg) at the 2022 IBA Youth World Boxing Championships.[2] She won European junior championships titles in both 2021 and 2022.
Competing at an Olympic qualification tournament in March 2024, she qualified to the 75 kg class at the Olympics.[3][4] In May 2024 she was officially selected to represent Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] She is the first female Norwegian boxer to ever qualify for the Olympic Games.[6] She was defeated by former world champion Lovlina Borgohain in the first round.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Sunniva Hofstad". tapology.com. Retrieved 28 July 2004.
- ^ "Sunniva Hofstad ble juniorverdensmester i boksing". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Omar Shiha og Sunniva Hofstad skal til OL 2024!!!". boksing.no (in Norwegian). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Hofstad (19) skrev historie - klar for OL". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "16 utøvere tatt ut i første uttak til OL og Paralympics i Paris" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Olympiatoppen. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Sandmo, Espen; Mølster, Elisabeth Strand; Mikalsen, Mathias (31 July 2024). "Sunniva kjemper om første norske OL-gull i boksing på 100 år". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Hofstad fikk det tøft i OL-debuten – tapte mot tidligere verdensmester". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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