Claressa Shields

Claressa Shields is an American boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist who became undisputed champion in three different weight divisions.

Claressa Maria Shields was born on 17 March 1995 in Flint, Michigan, and took up boxing as a teenager, qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics — the first Games in which women's boxing was contested — while still a high school junior. She won the gold medal in the middleweight division, becoming the first American woman ever to win an Olympic boxing title. Shields, nicknamed "T-Rex," defended her Olympic title at the Rio 2016 Games, becoming the first American boxer of either gender to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the sport, before turning professional later that year. Shields has become undisputed champion in multiple weight divisions as a professional, unifying all four major world titles at both junior middleweight and middleweight, and has openly campaigned for greater recognition and pay equity within women's boxing, often calling herself the "GWOAT" (Greatest Woman of All Time). Shields has also competed in mixed martial arts with the Professional Fighters League, adding another dimension to a career built on dominating virtually every level of competition she has faced, and remains one of the most influential and outspoken figures in the modern growth of women's professional boxing.

Orthodox stance, aggressive counter-puncher with excellent ring IQ

Considered one of the greatest female boxers of all time, transforming women's boxing

• 2012 & 2016 Olympic gold medals
• undisputed champion in 3 divisions in the four-belt era