Cecilia Brækhus

Cecilia Brækhus
Brækhus modelling at the Oslo Fashion Show, 2010
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Real name	Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus
Nickname(s)	The First Lady
Rated at	Welterweight
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 (age 35) Cartagena, Colombia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	30
Wins by KO	8
Losses	0
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  Norway World Championships 2005 Podolsk Light-welterweight European Championships 2005 Tønsberg Light-welterweight 2004 Riccione Light-welterweight

Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. In boxing she has reigned as the undisputed female welterweight champion since 2014, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles simultaneously. Additionally she is only the third boxer in history, female or male, to hold all four titles simultaneously, after Bernard Hopkins (in 2004–2005) and Jermain Taylor (in 2005).

Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Brækhus was adopted as a two-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in the Sandviken area of Bergen. Brækhus started kickboxing at the age of fourteen.

Brækhus soon began competing in amateur boxing competitions, and achieved an amateur record of 75-5-0 before turning professional.

In November 2007, she signed a pro contract with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian woman World Champion. Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek, 20 January 2007.

On 14 March 2009, she became the WBC World Champion in welterweight against Danish boxer Vinni Skovgaard. She also captured the vacant WBA female welterweight title.

Brækhus successfully defended her titles on May 30, 2009 against Amy Yuratovac in Helsinki, Finland, and on September 12, 2009 against Lucia Morelli in Herning, Denmark.