Estelle Mossely is a French professional boxer who formerly held the IBO female lightweight title.

[2] As an amateur, she won gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics[3] and the 2016 World Championships.

[4] Mossely was born in France to a Congolese father and Ukrainian mother.

[5] In 2017 Mossely and Tony Yoka, also a 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and 2015 AIBA world amateur champion from France, had a son.

She wasn't the only female candidate as Sarah Ourahmoune the Olympic silver medallist was also standing.