Boxing since the age of 13, Adams is also the current reigning World, Commonwealth Games, and European Games champion of her division. She's headed to defend her title in Rio along with her new puppy aptly named "Rio".

After coming out publicly as bisexual, she topped The Independent's Pink List for LGBT advocates.

“I get tweets and messages all the time saying, 'by seeing you coming out it has helped me come out as well,' and I think I was just being myself,” she told HuffPost UK of her coming out experience.