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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Shorts, part of a professional boxing kit worn by Lauren Price OBE.
Lauren Price OBE was born in Newport in 1994, and grew up in Bargoed. She is a Welsh professional boxer, former amateur boxer, and former kickboxer and footballer (she played for the women’s national team). On 6 May 2023 she won the first British women's title fight in professional boxing history, becoming the first female British welterweight champion and the first woman to receive a Lonsdale Belt. While representing Wales in the amateur sport she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Welsh woman to win a Commonwealth Games boxing medal. Four years later she won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, followed by a gold at the 2019 World Championships. While representing Great Britain, she won gold medals at the 2019 European Games and 2020 Summer Olympics.
