Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight. Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final. The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to
Timeline of women's sports in the United States on women's boxing in October 1993. 1993 - Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she won the Belmont Stakes. 1995 - Ila Borders was the first woman to pitch in a men's collegiate baseball game. 1996 - Women's soccer and women's softball became medal sports at the Olympic Games for the first time; both events were won by US teams. 1996 - Dot Richardson hit the first home run in Olympic softball history, helping the U.S. softball team win the gold medal. 1996 - Spalding Sports introduced the first baseball glove specifically