[3] She has also spent a year working as a volunteer for a Youth Empowerment Programme for Restless Development in the rural Eastern Cape in South Africa.
studying for a Masters in Globalisation, working with at-risk youth in Canberra and as a boxing coach and trainer.
[7] She had taken a diuretic before a long haul flight from Ireland to Australia to reduce swelling in her ankles and unbeknownst to her, it contained the two banned substances.
[8] Elmir was slapped with a 12-month doping ban just 14 hours before flying to China for the women's world championships in April 2012.
[9] Since then, Elmir has been based at Stockade Training Center in Canberra and has focused on coaching both male and female boxers.
After her parents divorced while she was an infant, her mother kidnapped Elmir from her paternal grandparents home in Iaal, Lebanon, flew her to Sydney and then raised her in Canberra, Australia.
"[20] Her mother, Diana Abdel-Rahman, who hails from Miriata, is an ACT recipient of Australia Day honours.