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Mary Kom

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom was born on 1st March 1983. She is also known as MC Mary Kom, Magnificent Mary or merely Mary Kom. She is an Indian boxer belonging to Kom tribal community of north-eastern circumstances of Manipur.

She is a five-time World Boxing champion, and the lone woman boxer to have won a medal in every one of the six world championships. She is the solitary Indian woman boxer to have capable for the 2012 Summer Olympics, challenging in the flyweight (51 kg) group and winning the bronze medal.


Mary Kom was born on 1st March 1983 in Kangathei situated in Churachanpur district of Manipur. Her father and mother called Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom, worked in jhum fields. Kom in the beginning tried to hide from view her curiosity in boxing from her family unit, in view of the fact that it was not well thought-out to be an appropriate sport for a woman. On the other hand, following her triumph in the Manipur state women's boxing championship in 2000, her profession became open; her father discovered his daughter's accomplishment all the way through a photograph in a newspaper. Later than captivating the regional contest in West Bengal, Kom began contending at the global level at the age of 18, barely a year after she started boxing.

Turning Point Personal Life Professional Career Achievements Ups and Downs Her worldwide first appearance was at the first AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in the United States, where she won a silver medal in the 48 kg weight grouping. She followed this with a gold medal in the 45 kg class in 2002 at Turkey in the second AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship. In 2003, Kom won a gold medal in the 46 kg division - she would try to win in this group for the subsequent three years - at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India, and was awarded the countrywide Arjuna Award for terrific sporting triumph. In 2004, she won gold medal at the Women's Boxing World Cup in Norway, and in 2005 once more won gold at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Taiwan and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Russia. The subsequent year, she won gold at the Venus Women's Box Cup in Denmark and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in India. Mary Kom concluded her primary education from Loktak Christian Model High School situated at Moirang, up to her class VI standard and then shifted to St. Xavier Catholic School located at Moirang, up to class VIII. She then went to Adimjati High School in Imphal, for her schooling for class IX and X, but could not get ahead of her examination. She did not wish to recur for her exams so she refrained from her school and gave her examination from NIOS, Imphal and graduation from Churachandpur College. Even though she had a wholehearted curiosity in games from early days, it was the success of Dingko Singh that motivated her to become a boxer in 2000. She started her training beneath the close eye of M. Narjit Singh, Manipur State Boxing Coach at Khuman Lampak, Imphal. Subsequent to a two-year break, she won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India and a fourth consecutive gold medal at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in China, followed by a gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam. In 2010, Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Kazakhstan. She also won the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Barbados, her fifth successive gold at the championship. She competed in Barbados in the 48 kg weight class, after AIBA had stopped up using the 46 kg group. In the 2010 Asian Games, she competed in the 51 kg class - the lowest in the competition - and won a bronze medal. In 2011, she won gold in the 48 kg division at the Asian Women's Cup in China, and in 2012 won the gold medal in the 51 kg group at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Mongolia.On 3 October 2010, she, all along with Vijender Singh, had the honour of bearing the Queen's Baton in its opening ceremony run in the arena for the 2010 Commonwealth Games of Delhi. She did not participate, on the other hand, as women's boxing was not incorporated in the Commonwealth Games.Mary, a five-time world champion, had won quite a lot of medals in the 46 and 48 kg categories. She was enforced to move to this group and put on weight two years before subsequent to the world body determined to permit women's boxing in simply three weight categories�the lowest one being 51 kg. She was selected for Olympic Games. Kom went to London along with her mother and husband. Kom's instructor Charles Atkinson will not join her at the Olympic Village as he doesn't hold an International Boxing Association (AIBA) 3 Star Certification, which is compulsory for official recognition. The initial Olympic round was held on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeating Karolina Michalczuk of Poland 19-14 in the third women's boxing competition yet to be fought at the Olympics. In the quarter-final, the subsequent day, she overwhelmed Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a score of 15-6. She faced Nicola Adams of UK in the semi-final on 8 August 2012 and mislaid the short time 6 points to 11. On the other hand, she stood third in the contest and garnered her first Olympic Bronze medal. Manipur administration has determined to reward Rs 50 lakh and two acre land to Kom in the cabinet meeting held on 9 August 2012. She voted for the Indian tricolor at some point in the closing ceremony of the 2012 summer Olympics in London. She got the Padma Bhushan (Sports), in 2013 Arjuna Award (Boxing), in 2003 She also got the Padma Shree (Sports), in 2006 Contender for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, in 2007 People of the Year- Limca Book of Records, in 2007 CNN-IBN & Reliance Industries' Real Heroes Award Pepsi MTV Youth Icon in 2008 'Magnificent Mary', AIBA in 2008 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2009 International Boxing Association's Ambassador for Women's Boxing in 2009 She got the Sportswoman of the year 2010, Sahara Sports Award For winning the Bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, she was awarded with: 50 lakh cash award from the Rajasthan Government. 50 lakh cash award and two acres of land from the Manipur Government. 20 lakh cash award from the Assam Government. 10 lakh cash award from the Arunachal Pradesh Government 10 lakh cash award from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, India. 40 lakh cash award from the North Eastern Council. At the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, Kom was challenging not just for the championship itself but also for a position at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the first time women's boxing had recognized as an Olympic sport. She was beaten in the 51 kg semi-finals by Nicola Adams of the UK to whom she would sooner or later drop in the semifinal of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well, making this the first year from the time when the championship began that Kom did not win a medal, but did achieve something in receiving a place for the Olympics. She was the only Indian woman to meet the requirements for boxing event, with Laishram Sarita Devi only just missing a place in the 60 kg group.