IRMA TESTA
Date of Birth: 28/12/1997
Place of Birth: Torre Annunziata (Napoli)
Weight x Height: 60 x 1,74
Speciality: 57kg
First Club: Boxe Vesuviana
Club: Fiamme Oro
First Coach: Lucio Zurlo
Coach: Emanuele Renzini
Other Sports: Fencing
Hobby: Reading, music
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
2 (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Biography
In Rio 2016, she was the first Italian boxer to participate in an Olympic Games. In Tokyo 2020 she won a stunning bronze medal. The 23-year-old from Torre Annunziata, nicknamed “The Butterfly”, was destined for greatness. Her passion for boxing blossomed at the age of 12 thanks to her sister Lucia and she immediately enjoyed a string of achievements. Her boxing trophy cabinet includes two European gold medals and one World Championship gold, the latter won in March 2023 in New Delhi. Later in life she plans to continue her career in the police force, but first she has to rewrite the history of the discipline, floating into the ring at the Roland-Garros Stadium in Paris.
Print
Palmares
Olympic Games
5ª Rio (BRA) 2016 – 60 kg
3aTokyo (JPN) 2020 – 57 kg
World Championships
33ª Astana (KAZ) 2016 – 60 kg
17ª Nuova Delhi (IND) 2018 – 60 kg
2ª Istanbul (TUR) 2022 – 57 kg
1ª Nuova Delhi (IND) 2023 – 57 kg
European Championships
1ª Budua (MNE) 2022 – 57 kg
Other Games
Giochi Olimpici Giovanili - Youth Olympic Games
2a Nanjing (CHN) 2014 – 51 kg
Giochi Europei - European Games
5a Minsk (BLR) 2019 – 60 kg
3ª Cracovia (POL) 2023 – 57 kg