Luana Márton
Hungarian taekwondo practitioner
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Luana Márton (born 16 February 2006) is a Hungarian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the World Taekwondo Championships.
Early life
Career
She trains at the Hankuk club in Madrid and is coached by Finnish former Olympic Taekwondo practitioner Suvi Mikkonen, with their relationship starting after she met the twins when they were nine years old.[2][3][4]
She won the open qualification tournament for the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi in March 2023 in the -57 kg category.[5] In June of that year, she won a silver medal at the 2023 European Games in Kraków where she was beaten in the final by Jade Jones of Great Britain.[6][7]
She won the gold medal in the Women's featherweight on her debut at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, in Baku, aged 17 years-old.[8] In doing so, she became the first female Hungarian ever to win a world title in Taekwondo.[3]
She was runner-up at the 2023 European U21 Taekwondo Championships 62 kg title in Bucharest in November 2023, being defeated by her sister Viviana in the final.[9]
She won a bronze medal in the women's -73 kg category at the British Taekwondo International Open in Manchester in March 2025 and the 2025 Belgian Open that month.[10][11] In October 2025, she won second world title, claiming the gold medal at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the welterweight division.[12]
In May 2026, she was a silver medalist at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany having faced Styliani Marentaki of Greece in the final.[13]
Personal life
She has a twin sister, Viviana Márton, who also competes international in Taekwondo, and was a gold medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games.[2][14]