Luana Márton (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. She was a gold medalist at the

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Early life

The daughter of Zsolt and Barbara Márton, her father formerly did kickboxing in

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and her mother played

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. Her parents moved to the

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in the early 2000s. She was born in

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, and moved to

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in 2018.

Career

She trains at the Hankuk club in

and is coached by Finnish former Olympic Taekwondo practitioner

Suvi Mikkonen Suvi Mikkonen (born 11 July 1988, in SaariSuvi Mikkonen
(in Finnish)) is a Finnish

, with their relationship starting after she met the twins when they were nine years old. She won the open qualification tournament for the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in

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in March 2023 in the -57 kg category. In June of that year, she won a silver medal at the

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where she was beaten in the final by Jade Jones of Great Britain. She won the gold medal in the Women's featherweight on her debut at the

, in

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, aged 17 years-old. In doing so, she became the first female Hungarian ever to win a world title in Taekwondo. She was runner-up at the

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62 kg title in

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in November 2023, being defeated by her sister Viviana in the final. She won a bronze medal in the women's -73kg category at the 2025 Belgian Open in March 2025. Her sister, Viviana, also won a bronze medal at the competition, in the -62 kg category.

Personal life

She has a twin sister,

Viviana Márton Viviana Márton Kiss (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian taekwondo athlete. She won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 67 kg in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Early life The daughter of Zsolt and Barbara Márton, her father for ...

, who also competes international in Taekwondo, in the women’s -62 kg division.

References

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