Nicola Adams

Name: Nicola Adams
Alias: 'The Lioness'
Birth Name: Nicola Virginia Adams
Hometown: Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 163cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Virgil Hunter (2017-2018), Nonito Donaire Sr. (2018), Dominic Ingle (2018-)

Amateur Highlights

• 2008 AIBA World Championships Silver medalist in Ningbo City, China (54kg):
  • Defeated Lyudmyla Hrytsay (Ukraine) 8:1
  • Defeated Liudmila Bondarenko (Russia) 11:2
  • Defeated Lorna Weaver (France) 7:2
  • Defeated Cynthia Marella Moreno (United States) 10:0
  • Lost to Karolina Michalczuk (Poland) 6:10

• 2010 AIBA World Championships Silver medalist in Bridgetown, Barbados (51kg):
  • Defeated Marielle Hansen (Norway) 8:2
  • Defeated Virginie Nave (France) 8:2
  • Defeated Eu-Na Jang (South Korea) 12:1
  • Defeated Hanne Maekinen (Finland) 11:4
  • Lost to Ren Cancan (China) 5:10

• 2012 Olympic Games Gold medalist in London, Great Britain (51kg):
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Stoyka Petrova (Bulgaria) 16:7
  • Defeated Mary Kom (India) 11:6
  • Defeated Ren Cancan (China) 16:7

• 2012 AIBA World Championships Silver medalist in Qinhuangdao, China (51kg):
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Yana Levankova (Belarus) 19:7
  • Defeated Karlha Magliocco (Venezuela) 20:7
  • Defeated Mary Kom (India) 13:11
  • Defeated Elena Savelyeva (Russia) 11:6
  • Lost to Ren Cancan (China) 10:14

• 2016 Olympic Games Gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (51kg):
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Tetyana Kob (Ukraine) 3:0
  • Defeated Ren Cancan (China) 3:0
  • Defeated Sarah Ourahmoune (France) 3:0

• 2016 AIBA World Championships Gold medalist in Astana, Kazakhstan (51kg):
  • Defeated Dilnozakhon Odiljonova (Uzbekistan) 3:0
  • Defeated Anna Alimardanova (Azerbaijan) 3:0
  • Defeated Lin Yu-ting (Chinese Taipei) 3:0
  • Defeated Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan) 3:0
  • Defeated Peamwilai Laopeam (Thailand) 2:1

Regional & Minor Titles

• interim WBO World female flyweight title

Notes

• Nicola Adams and Claressa Shields are the only female boxers to ever capture back-to-back Olympic Gold medals.
• Adams was upgraded to WBO flyweight champion July 30th 2019, after former champion Arely Mucino was unable to fulfil her mandatory.