Irma Testa
Born (1997-12-28) 28 December 1997
Torre Annunziata, Italy
NationalityItalian
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoFeatherweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 New DelhiFeatherweight
Silver medal – second place2022 IstanbulFeatherweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaFeatherweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 AlcobendasFeatherweight
Gold medal – first place2022 BudvaFeatherweight
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2014 NanjingFlyweight

Irma “Butterfly” Testa[1] (born 28 December 1997) is an Italian boxer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[2] and won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][1]

In 2021, she came out as queer.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Irma Testa, storica medaglia ma il sogno di Butterfly continua" (in Italian). 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Irma Testa". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Boxing TESTA Irma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Italian Olympic boxer Irma Testa comes out as queer". GAY TIMES. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.


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