EKLER Luca

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	Long Jump - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	5.31
2	100m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	12.89
2	Women's 200m T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	26.61
European Championships
1	400m - T38	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	1:00.27
1	Long Jump - T38	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	5.51
1	Long Jump - T38	2018	Berlin, GER	5.39
2	100m - T38	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	12.80
3	Women's 200m T38	2018	Berlin, GER	27.92
4	100m - T38	2018	Berlin, GER	13.33

Reading, writing, trying new sports, discovering new places, meeting people from different countries. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2021)

Student

Recreation Management, Sport Management - University of Physical Education, Budapest, HUN

English, German, Hungarian

TFSE Budapest [Hungary]

Laszlo Szalma [club], HUN

Her brothers Bendeguz, Zsombor, and Botond have competed in water polo. Bendegiz was part of the Hungarian team that won bronze at the 2018 World Youth Championships in Szombathely, Hungary. (paralympic.org, 17 Oct 2020; Zsombor Ekler Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2019; vaol.hu, 29 Aug 2018; total-waterpolo.com, 10 Aug 2018)

2018 for Hungary (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

She took up athletics in 2011 in Szombathely, Hungary. She got involved in Para athletics in 2017. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2021; tokyo2020.org, 22 Oct 2020; halmay.hu, 22 Sep 2020)

"I saw the [London 2017] Para athletics World Championships on TV and watched the Hungarian Biacsi sisters [Bernadett and Ilona] compete. This is when I first thought that I could compete with them. The Paralympic movement and Para athletics helped me to accept myself for who I am. They made me feel whole. I want to be the best I can be by improving my skills, winning races, and setting records. There is so much that I can learn. I've just begun my journey." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Oct 2020; halmay.hu, 22 Sep 2020; paralympic.org, 17 Oct 2020; vaol.hu, 29 Aug 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 14 Mar 2021)

She trains six days a week. (paralympic.org, 17 Oct 2020)

Winning a gold medal in the T38 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2021)

Hungarian water polo players [and her brothers] Bendegiz Ekler and Zsombor Ekler. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2021)

She wears braids in every competition. "It makes me feel like a tiger." (Athlete, 26 Aug 2021)

"When I'm running, it feels like I'm free and when I'm doing long jump, I'm flying. No-one can take that away from me." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Oct 2020)

She was named the 2019 Female Para Athlete of the Year at the M4 Sport Athlete of the Year Gala in Hungary. (tf.hu, 21 Jan 2020)

In 2018 she was given the Para Athlete of the Year Award by the Hungarian Athletics Association. (vaol.hu, 25 Nov 2018)