Nicola Adams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nicola Adams

British boxer

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1982

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Nicola Adams

  • Nicola Adams (born 26 October 1982) is a British former boxer who competed as an amateur between the mid-1990s and 2017 and from 2017 to November 2019 as a professional.
  • She held the WBO female flyweight title between July and November 2019 and previously the WBO interim title in 2018.
  • Adams became the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at London 2012, and the first female boxer to become a double Olympic champion after winning 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. Adams represented Haringey Police Community Club at boxing.
  • She is openly bisexual, and was named the most influential LGBT person in Britain by The Independent in 2012.
  • She also became the first openly LGBT person to win an Olympic boxing Gold medal, after her win at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Upon her retirement from boxing in November 2019 due to medical concerns, she became one of a select few to retire as an undefeated world champion.

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