Luka Plantić
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1996 Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Super middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luka Plantić (born 29 October 1996) is a Croatian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the light heavyweight (-81 kg) category.
In 2014, Plantić was Croatian youth middleweight champion,[2] won the gold medal at the European Youth Championships in Zagreb,[3] the silver medal at the Youth World Boxing Championships in Sofia,[4] and the bronze medal at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing.[5]
In the adult category, Plantić was Croatian middleweight champion in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and Croatian light heavyweight champion in 2020 and 2021.[6] in April 2016, he was eliminated in the preliminary round of the European Olympic qualification in Samsun against Arjon Kajoshi,[7] and lost in the quarter-finals of the U22 European Championships in Brăila against Viktor Daschkewitsch in March 2017.[8] In 2019, he won the Balkan Championships in Antalya.[9]
In the European Olympic qualification in London in March 2020, Plantić defeated Umar Jambekov before the tournament was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In the continuation of the qualification in Paris in June 2021, he defeated Gor Nersesyan and Emmet Brennan, before he was narrowly defeated by Benjamin Whittaker 2-3 in the semifinals and thus qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[11]