Hidden Figures: Claressa Shields #BlackHERstoryMonth 13/28 (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Claressa Shields #BlackHERstoryMonth 13/28

Claressa Maria Shields is an American professional boxer. She has held the unified WBC and IBF female super middleweight titles since 2017, and the Women Boxing Archive Network super middleweight title since January 2018. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's middleweight division at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, making her the first American boxer—female or male—to win consecutive Olympic medals. Shields was the youngest boxer at the February 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, winning the event in the middleweight division. In May, she qualified for the 2012 Olympics, the first year in which women's boxing was an Olympic event, and went on to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing at the age of 17. Shields was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. After winning two Junior Olympic championships Shields competed in her first open-division tournament, the National Police Athletic League Championships 2011; she won the middleweight title and was named top overall fighter as well as qualifying for the U.S. Olympic trials. At the trials in she defeated the reigning national champion and the 2010 world champion to win the middleweight class. In April 2011, she won her weight class at the Women's Elite Continental Championships against three-time defending world champion; she held an undefeated record of 25 wins and 0 losses at that point. In 2014, Shields won the World Championships, and the following year, she became the first American to win titles in women's boxing at the Olympics and Pan American games. Shields won gold at the 2016 AMBC Olympic Qualifying tournament in Argentina. Later that year, she won the gold at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, becoming the only American gold medalist in the team, and awarded the inaugural women's division of the Val Barker Trophy at the competition. Her amateur boxing record was 77 wins and 1 loss. In November 2016, Shields officially went pro. #ClaressaShields #HiddenFigures ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Twitter: @seren_sensei Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: Claressa Shields Twitter: https://twitter.com/Claressashields?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claressa.shields.7 Team USA Olympic Page: https://www.teamusa.org/usa-boxing/athletes/Claressa-Shields 'Straight Out Of Flint: Girl Boxer Aims For Olympics:' https://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147500470/straight-out-of-flint-girl-boxer-aims-for-olympics T-REX: HER FIGHT FOR GOLD http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/t-rex-her-fight-for-gold/ T-REX: The Story of Claressa Shields The First Women To Win Gold Medal in Boxing (May 20 – 26): https://digitalgym.org/t-rex-the-story-of-claressa-shields-the-first-women-to-win-gold-medal-in-boxing-may-20-26/ Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields Making Rapid Rise After Success at Olympics: https://www.si.com/boxing/2017/09/26/claressa-shields-female-professional-boxing-champion 'Claressa Shields retains titles with 10-round unanimous decision against Tori Nelson:' https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2018/01/13/claressa-shields-retains-titles-10-round-unanimous-decision-against-tori-nelson/1031022001/ 'A Ring of One’s Own:' https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/05/07/a-ring-of-ones-own 'Women Have Been Boxing in the Shadows for Too Long:' https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/magazine/women-have-been-boxing-in-the-shadows-for-too-long.html 'Bout Time:' http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/29/magazine/boxing-women.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=607EC997317A4D83999DDF2599EC3258&gwt=pay#index '17-Year-Old US Women's Boxing Gold Medalist Delivers The Quote Of The Olympics:' http://www.businessinsider.com/17-year-old-us-womens-boxing-gold-medalist-just-delivered-the-quote-of-the-olympics-2012-8 'Claressa Shields Taking What's There:' http://www.boxingscene.com/claressa-shields-taking-whats-there--124186 'Looking ahead to what's next for Claressa Shields:' http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2016/08/looking_ahead_to_whats_next_fo.html Clarissa Shields (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claressa_Shields