Lucy O'Conner - Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Boxer & Boxing Coach

Shownotes Lucy introduces herself and why she decided to join the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer  Her first introduction to boxing and why she loved it from the start Being the only female boxer on board and training with the guys Why women's boxing was banned and she wasn't allowed to compete at the Navy Championships Having the ban on women boxing being over-turned and her first fight for the Women's National Finals Handling the negativity that comes from being a female boxer Remembering back to her first time of getting into the ring to fight Why the nerves disappear as soon as the bell goes Fighting at the The National Championships and what she learnt from losing How failure has helped her in her career Understanding more about weight categories and why it does matter Getting female boxers into the olympics and how it happened in London 2012 Having to retire from the GB Squad and why the Olympics was bitter sweet  Deciding on which weight category to go for and how she made the decision The impact on her life and how she continued to train to be on the GB squad Retiring from boxing and why she had to listen to her body Looking back over the past few years and what she learnt from that time period Advice for women about boxing and why you should go for it! The women boxers at Rio and the rumours about the weight category changing for Tokyo 2020 Starting a boxing club -  Poseidon  Lucy's Blog - https://punchingthrough.com  Come and say hi to me on twitter @_TOUGH_GIRL   A massive thank you to everyone who has become a patron! You too can support the Tough Girl Podcast from $2 to $5 per month!  CLICK HERE!   Future Events! 20th August - Tough Girl Tribe Trip to Snowdonia 27th - 31st August - Emma & Sarah - Hadrians Wall Adventure 1st - 4th September - Base Camp Festival, Peak District   Take a listen to these related podcast episodes… Stacey Copeland (British Boxer 2015 Nations Cup Gold Medallist) Lois Pryce (Adventure Travel Film Festival) Belinda Kirk (Base Camp Festival) Sarah Outen (One of the speakers at Base Camp Festival) Emma Timmis (My running companion for Hadrian's' Wall) Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Visit www.toughgirlchallenges.com for more information!