Mary Kom - The First Indian Boxer

Mary Kom is an Indian Boxer Personal information Full name : Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom Born : 1 March 1983 Kangathei, Manipur, India Residence : Imphal, Manipur, India Spouse (s) : K (Karung) Onkholer Kom Sport Country : India Sport : Boxing (Rated at 46kg, 48kg, 51kg) Coached by : M. Narjit Singh, Charles Atkinson Medal record Indian Women's boxing Summer Olympics Bronze : 2012 London - Flyweight (51kg) World Amateur Boxing Championships Gold : 2010 Bridgetown - 48 kg Gold : 2008 Ningbo City - 46 kg Gold : 2006 New Delhi - 46 kg Gold : 2005 Podolsk - 46 kg Gold : 2002 Antalya - 45 kg Silver : 2001 Scranton - 45 kg Asian Women's Boxing Championship Gold : 2012 Ulaanbaatar - Flyweight Gold : 2010 Astana - Flyweight Gold : 2005 Kaohsiung - Pinweight Gold : 2003 Hissar - Pinweight Silver : 2008 Guwahati - Pinweight Asian Games Bronze : 2010 Guangzhou - Flyweight Gold : 2014 Incheon - Flyweight Indoor Asian Games Gold : 2009 Hanoi - Pinweight Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament Gold : 2011 Haikou - 48 kg Witch Cup Gold : 2002 Pécs - Pinweight	Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (born 1 March 1983), also known as MC Mary Kom, Magnificent Mary or simply Mary Kom, is an Indian boxer. She is a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category She launched her much-awaited autobiography, Unbreakable, at the Forum Mall in Bangalore on 11 Dec '13. Mary Kom also has started India's first female-only fight club at Imphal to teach thousands of girls to defend themselves against sexual violence in India. Personal life Mary Kom was born in Kangathei, in Churachandpur district of Manipur. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom, worked in jhum fields. She completed her primary education from Loktak Christian Model High School, Moirang, up to her class VI standard and attended St. Xavier Catholic School, Moirang, up to class VIII. She then moved to Adimjati High School, Imphal, for her schooling for class IX and X, but could not pass her exam. She did not want to reappear for her exams so she quit her school and gave her examination from NIOS, Imphal and graduation from Churachandpur College. Although she had a keen interest in athletics from childhood, it was the success of Dingko Singh that inspired her to become a boxer in 2000. She started her training under the close eye of M. Narjit Singh, Manipur State Boxing Coach at Khuman Lampak,Imphal. Return to boxing After an eight-year break, she won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India and a fourth successive 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, and at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Barbados, her fifth consecutive gold at the championship. She competed in Barbados in the 48 kg weight class, after AIBA had stopped using the 46 kg class. In the 2010 Asian Games, she competed in the 51 kg class - the lowest in the contest - and won a bronze medal. In 2011, she won gold in the 48 kg class at the Asian Women's Cup in China, and in 2012 took the gold medal in the 51 kg class at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Mongolia. Olympic Games Mary, a five-time world champion, had won several medals in the 46 and 48 kg categories. She was forced to shift to this category and gain weight two years ago after the world body decided to allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories—the lowest one being 51 kg. At the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but also for a place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the first time women's boxing had featured as an Olympic sport. She was defeated in the 51 kg semi-finals by Nicola Adams of the UK (to whom she would eventually lose in the semifinal of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well), making this the first year since the championship began that Kom did not win a medal, but did succeed in getting a place for the Olympics. She was the only Indian woman to qualify for boxing event, with Laishram Sarita Devi narrowly missing a place in the 60 kg class. The first Olympic round was held on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeating Karolina Michalczuk of Poland 19-14 in the third women's boxing match ever to be fought at the Olympics. In the quarter-final, the following day, she defeated 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 lost the bout 6 points to 11. However, she stood third in the competition and garnered her first olympic Bronze medal. Manipur Government decided to award Rs 5 million and two acres of land to Kom in the cabinet meeting held on 9 August 2012. She carried the Indian tricolour during the closing ceremony of the 2012 summer Olympics in London.
Super Fight League Kom appeared on the final episode of the Super Fight League's mixed martial arts reality show - SFL Challengers. During this time Kom was in talks with owners Raj Kundra and Sanjay Dutt to work with the SFL in some manner other than being a fighter. On 24 September, the Super Fight League announced that Kom will serve as the SFL's brand ambassador. Achievements International Titles Year Place Weight Competition Location 2001 Second 48 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA 2002 First 45 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships Antalya, Turkey 2002 First 45 Witch Cup Pécs, Hungary 2003 First 46 Asian Women's Championships Hisar, India 2004 First 41 Women's World Cup Tønsberg, Norway 2005 First 46 Asian Women's Championships Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2005 First 46 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships Podolsk, Russia 2006 First 46 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships New Delhi, India 2006 First 46 Venus Women's Box Cup Vejle, Denmark 2008 First 46 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships Ningbo, China 2008 Second 46 Asian Women's Championships Guwahati, India 2009 First 46 Asian Indoor Games Hanoi, Vietnam 2010 First 48 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 2010 First 46 Asian Women's Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 2010 Third 41 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 2011 First 48 Asian Women's Cup Haikou, China 2012 First 41 Asian Women's Championships Ulan Bator, Mongolia 2012 Third 51 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 2014 First 51 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea National Gold – 1st Women Nat. Boxing Championship, Chennai 6–12.2.2001 The East Open Boxing Champ, Bengal 11–14.12.2001 2nd Sr World Women Boxing Championship, New Delhi 26–30.12.2001 National Women Sort Meet, N. Delhi 26–30.12.2001 32nd National Games, Hyderabad 2002 3rd Sr World Women Boxing Champ, Aizawl 4–8.3.2003 4th Sr WWBC, Kokrajar, Assam 24–28.2.2004 5th Sr WWBC, Kerala 26–30.12.2004 6th Sr WWBC, Jamshedpur 29 November-3.12.2005 10th WNBC, Jamshedpur lost QF by 1–4 on 5.10.2009 Awards and recognitions Padma Bhushan (Sports), 2013 Arjuna Award (Boxing), 2003 Padma Shree (Sports), 2010 Contender for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 People of the Year- Limca Book of Records, 2007 CNN-IBN & Reliance Industries' Real Heroes Award 14.4. 2008 Mon Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 ‘Magnificent Mary’, AIBA 2008 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, 2009 International Boxing Association's Ambassador for Women's Boxing 2009 (TSE 30 July 2009 Thur) Sportswoman of the year 2010, Sahara Sports Award For the Bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics ₹ 50 lakh (US$83,000) cash award from the Rajasthan Government. ₹ 50 lakh (US$83,000) cash award and two acres of land from the Manipur Government. ₹ 20 lakh (US$33,000) cash award from the Assam Government. ₹ 10 lakh (US$17,000) cash award from the Arunachal Pradesh Government. ₹ 10 lakh (US$17,000) cash award from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (India). ₹ 40 lakh (US$66,000) cash award from the North Eastern Council. Movies In 2012, Sanjay Leela Bhansali confirmed that a biographical film will be made on the life of Mary Kom starring Priyanka Chopra in lead role. The movie is directed by Omung Kumar and would release on September 5, 2014.
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