Claressa Shields Biography

Fast Facts

• Gained an interest in boxing at the age of 11 after her father told her about Muhammad Ali's daughter and boxer Laila Ali
• Is the first person in her family to graduate high school
• In 2011, took gold as the Junior Olympic National Champion
• Held a record of 26 - 0 until the 2012 World Championships in China, where she lost her only match prior to the 2016 Olympics in Rio
• Became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing at the 2012 Olympics in London
• Presented the 2012 National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal to Muhammad Ali
• Is a 2014 and 2015 U
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• Boxing National Champion
• Became the first American to win gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto
• Appeared in a national commercial for the Audi A3 alongside Ricky Gervais in 2015
• Was featured in a commercial for Powerade's Just a Kid campaign
• Defended her gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, beating Nouchka Fontjin of the Netherlands in the final
• Supports the Universal Kidney Foundation