Luca Kozák Explained

Luca Kozák
Birth Date:1 June 1996
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 m hurdles
Club:Debreceni SC
Education:University of Debrecen[1]

Luca Kozák (born 1 June 1996) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She represented her country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition she won the silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.

Her personal bests are 12.71 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.2 m/s, Székesfehérvár) and 7.97 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Glasgow 2019, Torun and Budapest 2020). Both times are Hungarian Records.

Competition record

Representing
2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine7th100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)13.62
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States15th (sf)100 m hurdles13.58 (w)
2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Swedenbgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles13.20
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States18th (h)60 m hurdles8.46
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands16th (h)100 m hurdles13.30
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (sf)60 m hurdles8.27
European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd100 m hurdles13.06 (w)
6th4 × 100 m relay45.03
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom28th (h)100 m hurdles13.17
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan3rd100 m hurdles13.19
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom23rd (sf)60 m hurdles8.24
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th (sf)100 m hurdles12.96
13th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.15
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom1st (sf)60 m hurdles7.971
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar13th (sf)100 m hurdles12.87
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland8th60 m hurdles8.01
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan19th (h)100 m hurdles12.972
2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germanybgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles12.69
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary13th (sf)100 m hurdles12.73
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8th60 m hurdles8.01
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy16th (sf)100 m hurdles13.01
1Did not start in the final
2Did not finish in the semifinal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 Universiade bio. 13 March 2018.