Mary Kom

For the 2014 film about Mary Kom, see Mary Kom (film).

Mary Kom
Kom at the British High Commission in 2011
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
25 April 2016 – 24 April 2022
Nominated byPranab Mukherjee
Succeeded byP. T. Usha
ConstituencyNominated (Sports)
Personal details
Born
Mangte Chungneijang Kom

(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 41)[1]
Kagathei, Churachandpur, Manipur, India
SpouseKarong Onkholer Koms
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2020)
Padma Bhushan (2013)
Padma Shri (2006)
Boxing career
Statistics
Weight class
Weight(s)48 kg (106 lb) / 51 kg (112 lb)
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - 1
World Championships 6 1 1
Asian Games 1 - 1
Commonwealth Games 1 - -
Asian Championships 5 2 -
Total 13 3 3
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Flyweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Antalya Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Podolsk Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2006 New Delhi Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ningbo City Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bridgetown Light flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2018 New Delhi Light flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2001 Scranton Light flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ulan-Ude Flyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Flyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hisar Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kaohsiung Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2010 Astana Pinweight
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ulaanbaatar Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh City Light flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2008 Guwahati Pinweight
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dubai Flyweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Light flyweight
Asian Indoor Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hanoi Pinweight

Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom[2] (born 24 November 1982)[1] is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha.[3][4][5] She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals.[6][7][8][9] Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the flyweight (51 kg) category and won a bronze medal.[10] She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA).[11][12] She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[13] She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times.[14][15] Mary Kom won the 51kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.[16]

On 25 April 2016, the President of India nominated Kom as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.[17] In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed Mary Kom along with Akhil Kumar as national observers for boxing.[18]

After her sixth world title in 2018, the Government of Manipur has conferred on her the title "Meethoi Leima", loosely translated as great or exceptional lady in a felicitation ceremony held in Imphal on 11 December 2018. Mary Kom became the most successful boxer at world championships in 2019.[19] At the function, the then Chief Minister of Manipur also declared that the stretch of road leading to the National Games village in Imphal West district, where Kom currently resides, would be named as MC Mary Kom Road.[20][21] She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2020.[22][23]

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  4. ^ "London Olympics – Womens fly 51kg, Semi-finals – India vs Great Britain". www.olympic.org. World Olympics Committee. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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  8. ^ "World Boxing Championships: Mary Kom wins record sixth gold medal, Sonia Chahal takes silver". The Times of India. 24 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. ^ Ude, Ulan (12 October 2019). "MC Mary Kom crashes out but bags historic bronze in World Boxing Championships". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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  11. ^ "AIBA World Women's Ranking". AIBA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  12. ^ Women's Light Fly (45 – 48kg) Rankings Archived 25 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine (November 2018). International Boxing Association
  13. ^ "Asian Games 2014 Day 12: Mary Kom punches first boxing gold, India add 1 silver, 3 bronzes to tally". indianexpress.com. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Mary Kom becomes first boxer to win five gold medals at the Asian Championships". The Economics Times. PTI. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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  16. ^ "Mary Kom wins gold in President's Cup ahead of world championships". India Today. Press Trust of India. 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  17. ^ Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (26 April 2016). "Parliament Live: Mary Kom and Subramanian Swamy take oath in Rajya Sabha". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Government designates 12 Olympians as National Observers". The Indian Express. PTI. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Not easy to comeback after getting married and having children: Mary Kom". India Today. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  20. ^ Leivon, Jimmy (12 December 2018). "Manipur government confers boxer MC Mary Kom with 'Meethoileima' title". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  21. ^ Gadiya, Monish (4 October 2019). "Mary Kom Biography: The Magnificent Story of India's Legendary Boxing Star". kreedon.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Mary Kom will be conferred with Padma Vibhushan, PV Sindhu to get Padma Bhushan". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  23. ^ "MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.