Nicola Adams

Nicola Virginia Adams OBE (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female flyweight title in 2019. As an amateur, she became the first female boxer to become an Olympic champion after winning gold at London 2012, and the first double Olympic champion following a second gold medal at Rio 2016, both in the flyweight division. As of 27 May 2016 she was the reigning Olympic, World and European Games champion at flyweight, and won the entire set of amateur championships available to her – Olympic, Commonwealth and European Games' titles, and the World, European and European Union championships.

Nicola Adams
OBE
Adams in 2012
Born
Nicola Virginia Adams

(1982-10-26) 26 October 1982
NationalityBritish
Other namesThe Lioness, Babyface
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight
Height5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm)
Boxing record
Total fights6
Wins5
Wins by KO3
Losses0
Draws1
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 1 3 0
European Championships 1 1 0
European Games 1 0 0
European Union Championships 2 0 0
Commonwealth Games 1 0 0
Total 8 4 0
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
2012 LondonFlyweight
2016 Rio de JaneiroFlyweight
World Championships
2016 AstanaFlyweight
European Games
2015 BakuFlyweight
Representing  England
World Championships
2008 NingboBantamweight
2010 BridgetownFlyweight
2012 QinhuangdaoFlyweight
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowFlyweight
European Championships
2011 RotterdamFlyweight
2007 VejleBantamweight
EU Championships
2011 KatowiceFlyweight
2013 KeszthelyFlyweight

She is openly lesbian, and was named the most influential LGBT person in Britain by The Independent in 2012 and has been included in the annual Powerlist, being recognised as one of the most influential black Britons. She also became the first openly LGBT person to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, after her win at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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