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Nicola Adams OBE Olympic Gold Boxing Medallist "Nicola is a true champion in every sense of the word" Nicola Adams OBE is Great Britain's most successful female boxer of all me. At the London 2012 Olympic Games she became an icon aer winning her country's ﬁrst ever female boxing Gold medal, a feat she repeated in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro to become the ﬁrst Brish boxer to successfully defend their Olympic tle for 92 years. TOPICS: IN DETAIL: Sports Between Olympic victories, Nicola became Commonwealth and European Winning Champion and was crowned World Champion in May 2016 to secure a grand Drive and Determination slam of tles. Having won every tle open to her in amateur boxing, she has since Inspiration turned professional and has a current record of three wins and no defeats. In After Dinner recognion of her services to boxing and unprecedented achievements, Nicola was appointed MBE in 2013 and OBE in 2016. In 2015, she became an LANGUAGES: Ambassador of Fight for Peace, since taking up the role, she has championed Fight for Peace's work around the world, inspiring young women in parcular to She presents in English. take up combat sports, aending training sessions and holding a number of events in the UK and Brazil together with our young people. WHAT SHE OFFERS YOU: Nicola Adams is a trendseer who isn't afraid of the opinions of others; her strong will, determinaon and movaon to succeed is admirable and only heightens her suitability as a Sports Speaker, especially proving popular at aer dinner events. HOW SHE PRESENTS: An exceponal Speaker who's bubbly personality is able to capvate the audience with her broad smile and exceponal sporng story. She has become one of the most desirable aer dinner speakers due to her success at the games. © 2019 Celebrity Speakers Ltd To book call: +44 (0)1628 601 400 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.speakers.co.uk.

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