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Nicola Adams with the Queen

After making history by becoming the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, Great Britain's Nicola Adams, 30, was awarded the order of chivalry Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 28 February at Buckingham Palace.

After having that honour bestowed on her, she said: "I just didn't want to get anything wrong meeting the Queen and receiving my MBE. I think it was a bit of a mixture of excitement and nerves rolled into one. Usually I'll listen to music and my friends but today I was talking to some of other guests receiving honours and they were just as nervous as I was. We were all calming each other down."

The Flyweight (51kg) sensation continued, "I have not achieved everything that I want to achieve as a boxer. There is the world championships and getting a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics sounds good."

She was watched during the awards ceremony by her proud mother Dee, who first took her to a gym at the age of 12, and her brother Kurtis. "I think my mum's more proud than I am," she said. "She's so happy. It's gone from strength to strength for me."

Let us not forget that in 2009, she cracked a bone in her back out of the ring for a year. Adams worked her way back to full fitness before claiming silver at the World Championships in China. The rest as we know is history as she became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal.