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Nicola Adams

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Nicola Adams is the 533rd most popular boxer (down from 461st in 2024), the 8,159th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,844th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Nicola Adams ranks 530 out of 496. Before her are Kamran Shakhsuvarly, Satoshi Shimizu, and Stoyka Krasteva. After her are Andrey Zamkovoy, Rocky Juarez, Abner Mares, Mikey Garcia, Mikhail Aloyan, Angela Carini, Shakhobidin Zoirov, Mohammed Rabii, and David Reid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Nicola Adams ranks 1,463. Before her are Jesús Del Nero, Łukasz Załuska, Salim Arrache, Fabien Lefèvre, David Florence, and Lauren Oliver. After her are Ion Ansotegi, Lolo Jones, Thomas Hall, Taiji Furuta, Dave Mulligan, and Takahiro Takagi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicola Adams ranks 8,161 out of 8,785. Before her are Georgia May Jagger (1992), Tino Anjorin (2001), Dave Watson (1961), Jason Roberts (1978), David Florence (1982), and Esther McVey (1967). After her are Neil Taylor (1989), SuRie (1989), Patricia Allison (1994), Keinan Davis (1998), Jack Farthing (1985), and Scott Sinclair (1989).

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Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Nicola Adams ranks 28. Before her are Danny Williams (1973), Tony Bellew (1982), Carl Froch (1977), Audley Harrison (1971), and Wayne McCullough (1970). After her are Tony Jeffries (1985), Galal Yafai (1992), Chris Eubank Jr (1989), David Price (1983), Kell Brook (1986), Josh Taylor (1991), and Fred Evans (1991).

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