Nicola Adams

Nicola Adams
OBE
Adams in 2012
Personal information
Nickname(s)
The Lioness, Babyface
NationalityBritish
BornNicola Virginia Adams
(1982-10-26) 26 October 1982
Height5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm)
WeightFlyweight
Boxing career
Boxing record
Total fights6
Wins5
Win 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 London Flyweight
2016 Rio de Janeiro Flyweight
World Championships
2016 Astana Flyweight
European Games
2015 Baku Flyweight
Representing  England
World Championships
2008 Ningbo Bantamweight
2010 Bridgetown Flyweight
2012 Qinhuangdao Flyweight
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Flyweight
European Championships
2011 Rotterdam Flyweight
2007 Vejle Bantamweight
EU Championships
2011 Katowice Flyweight
2013 Keszthely Flyweight

Nicola Virginia Adams OBE (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2007 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.