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Naomi Graham

OLY

Naomi Graham at the 2020 Olympics
Personal information
National team	USA Boxing
Born	(1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	Pine Forest High School (NC)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Middleweight
Club	U.S. Army WCAP
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Service years	2013–present
Rank	Sergeant first class
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing the United States World Championships 2018 New Delhi Middleweight Pan American Games 2019 Lima Middleweight

Naomi Melissa Graham OLY (born May 15, 1989) is an American middleweight boxer. She is a staff sergeant and ammunition specialist in the United States Army. Graham is the first female active duty service member to fight for the U.S. at the Olympics.

Early life

Graham was brought up in Fayetteville, North Carolina where she was the youngest of six children. A sister, Rachel, who was six years older than her took up professional boxing, but Naomi did not, as her mother objected. When she was 21, she was made homeless by her mother. In 2012, she was inspired by seeing women like Nicola Adams competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She joined the army in 2013 and two years later she joined the Army's World Class Athlete Program.

Amateur career

In 2019, Graham won silver at the Pan American Games, which was later upgraded to gold due to her opponent's in the final disqualification for doping. Graham became the first female active duty service member to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics. She was in Tokyo for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021.