Hungarian hurdler (born 1996)
Luca Kozák (born 1 June 1996) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles .[ 2] 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.
Luca Kozak after breaking the Hungarian 100m hurdles record at the 2020 Gyulai Memorial in Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Hungary
2013
World Youth Championships
Donetsk, Ukraine
7th
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
13.62
2014
World Junior Championships
Eugene, United States
15th (sf)
100 m hurdles
13.58 (w)
2015
European Junior Championships
Eskilstuna, Sweden
2nd
100 m hurdles
13.20
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
18th (h)
60 m hurdles
8.46
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
16th (h)
100 m hurdles
13.30
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
13th (sf)
60 m hurdles
8.27
European U23 Championships
Bydgoszcz, Poland
3rd
100 m hurdles
13.06 (w)
6th
4 × 100 m relay
45.03
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
28th (h)
100 m hurdles
13.17
Universiade
Taipei, Taiwan
3rd
100 m hurdles
13.19
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
23rd (sf)
60 m hurdles
8.24
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
12th (sf)
100 m hurdles
12.96
13th (h)
4 × 100 m relay
44.15
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
1st (sf)
60 m hurdles
7.97 1
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
13th (sf)
100 m hurdles
12.87
2021
European Indoor Championships
Toruń, Poland
8th
60 m hurdles
8.01
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
19th (h)
100 m hurdles
12.97 2
2022
European Championships
Munich, Germany
2nd
100 m hurdles
12.69
2023
World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
13th (sf)
100 m hurdles
12.73
2024
World Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
8th
60 m hurdles
8.01
European Championships
Rome, Italy
16th (sf)
100 m hurdles
13.01
1 Did not start in the final
2 Did not finish in the semifinal
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