July 2015, Elmir launched a boxing program in Canberra to help disadvantaged young people. She is also a champion of diversity for the ACT Human Rights Commission's campaign "Diversity Goes With Our Territory." Elmir has said: "Getting punched in the face makes me feel alive. It sounds mental, it sounds like I'm a psychopath, but I'm not – I've checked," she joked. "When I no longer like being punched in the face, that's when I know it's time to hang up the gloves." Her main aim is to still qualify for the Olympics and she aims to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil. She failed to qualify for Rio when beaten by Shelley Watts in a qualifying tournament in 2015 and later losing to Nikhat Zareen in her opening bout of the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. A documentary film following Elmir's path to Rio 2016 was made by Lollapalooza Films and released in 2018. Honours Personal life Elmir is of Lebanese heritage. 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. Since then, Bianca has met her father and her paternal grandparents in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Her father, Ahmad, was the former mayor of his village. Of her relationship with her father she has stated "I both hate and love my father." Her mother, Diana Abdel-Rahman, who hails from Miriata, is an ACT recipient of Australia Day honours. Elmir is a supporter of LGBT rights and a member of Muslims for Progressive Values. Boxing record References External links Australian women boxers Sportspeople from Canberra Living people 1982 births Australian LGBT rights activists Bantamweight boxers