Sunniva Hofstad

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Sunniva Hofstad
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Hofstad in 2024
Personal information
Born (2004-07-17) 17 July 2004 (age 21)
Trondheim, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight class 75 kg
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 La Nucia 75 kg

Sunniva Hofstad (born 17 July 2004) is a Norwegian boxer. She is junior world champion from 2022, European junior champion from 2021 and 2022, and qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Career

Born in Trondheim on 17 July 2004, [1] Hofstad won a gold medal in the middleweight class (75 kg) at the 2022 IBA Youth World Boxing Championships. [2] She won European junior championships titles in both 2021 and 2022.

Competing at an Olympic qualification tournament in March 2024, she qualified to the 75 kg class at the Olympics. [3] [4] In May 2024 she was officially selected to represent Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5] She is the first female Norwegian boxer to ever qualify for the Olympic Games. [6] She was defeated by former world champion Lovlina Borgohain in the first round. [7]

In September 2025 she took part in the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, competing in Women's 75 kg where she was ranked second at the start of the championships. [8]

References

  1. "Sunniva Hofstad". tapology.com. Retrieved 28 July 2004.
  2. "Sunniva Hofstad ble juniorverdensmester i boksing". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. "Omar Shiha og Sunniva Hofstad skal til OL 2024!!!". boksing.no (in Norwegian). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. "Hofstad (19) skrev historie - klar for OL". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. "16 utøvere tatt ut i første uttak til OL og Paralympics i Paris" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Olympiatoppen. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. Sandmo, Espen; Mølster, Elisabeth Strand; Mikalsen, Mathias (31 July 2024). "Sunniva kjemper om første norske OL-gull i boksing på 100 år". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. "Hofstad fikk det tøft i OL-debuten – tapte mot tidligere verdensmester". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. "Sunniva Hofstad til kvartfinale i bokse-VM". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.