Cecilia Brækhus
Norwegian boxer
塞西莉亚·布莱科豪斯 · セシリア・ブレークフス
- Born
- 28 September 1981, Cartagena
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight, light welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer, kickboxer
- Height
- 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 65 kg (143 lb)
Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian former professional boxer and kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. Brækhus is also one of only 11 boxers in history, male or female, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously. She held the IBO title from 2016 to 2020. Brækhus won the WBC and WBO female super-welterweight titles in her final fight before retirement in October 2025.
In 2017, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Brækhus their inaugural Female Fighter of the Year. Guinness World Records awarded her with three recognitions in 2018: the Longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion, the Longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion, and the Most Bouts Undefeated by a Female World Champion Boxer. Brækhus held the WBC and WBA titles for 11 years and 154 days between 14 March 2009 and 15 August 2020.
Awards and honours
- People sport prize 2011
- Christy Martin Award 2017
- Kongepokal
External links
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