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Nicola Adams

ニコラ・アダムズ　/　にこら・あだむず

Boxer from United Kingdom

October 26, 1982 (age 43)　・　Leeds, United Kingdom

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My Take

Nicola Adams is a fighter whose significance reaches far beyond her undefeated record. Retiring unbeaten with the WBO female flyweight title is remarkable, but what I keep returning to is her timing: she rose when women's boxing was still fighting for legitimacy, and her wins helped force open doors for everyone who came after. The MBE, the later OBE, and her place on the BBC 100 Women list all read to me less as decorations than as acknowledgment of cultural impact. At 165 cm she was never the biggest in the room, yet she carried an outsized courage. I find her trailblazing legacy genuinely inspiring.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Nicola Adams
Name (Japanese): ニコラ・アダムズ
Reading: にこら・あだむず
Born: October 26, 1982 (age 43)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Dog
Origin: Leeds, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 165 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: boxer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Hopwood Hall College

Awards & achievements

Member of the Order of the British Empire
2015 BBC 100 Women
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nicolaadams/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA

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