Mary Kom

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Mary Kom

Kom speaking at the British High Commission in Delhi, 2011
Personal information
Full name Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
Nickname(s) Magnificent Mary
Nationality Indian
Born 1 March 1983 (age 31)
Kangathei, Manipur, India
Residence Imphal, Manipur, India
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)
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[hide]
Competitor for India
Women's boxing
Summer Olympics
Bronze 2012 London Flyweight (51kg)
Women's 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
Indoor Asian Games
Gold 2009 Hanoi Pinweight
Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament
Gold 2011 Haikou 48 kg
Witch Cup
Gold 2002 Pcs Pinweight
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (born 1 March 1983), also known as MC Mary Kom, or
simply Mary Kom,
[1]
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.
[2]
Nicknamed
"Magnificent Mary", 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.
[3]
She has also
been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category
[4]

Kom co-wrote an auto-biography called Unbreakable (2013) and was portrayed by Priyanka Chopra in
the film Mary Kom (2014). Kom also has started a female-only fight club at Imphal to teach girls to
defend themselves against sexual violence in India. To spread her academy all over the country Mary
Kom wants Priyanka Chopra to become its brand ambassador.
[5][6]

Contents
[hide]
1 Personal life
2 Return to boxing
3 Olympic Games
4 Super Fight League
5 Achievements
6 Awards and recognitions
7 Media
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Personal life[edit]
Kom was born in Kangathei, in Churachandpur district of Manipur. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom
and Mangte Akham Kom, worked in jhum fields.
[7]
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 was unable to pass the matriculation exam. Not wishing to reappear for them,
she quit her school and gave her examination from NIOS, Imphal and graduation from Churachandpur
College.
[8]

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.
[9]

She is married to K. Onler Kom and has twin sons, Rechungvar and Khupneivar.
[10][11]
They first met in
2001 when Kom was at New Delhi on her way to National Games in Punjab while Onler was studying
at Delhi University. They married in 2005 after 4 years of dating.
[12]
In 2013,she gave birth to her third
baby boy and has named him Prince Chungthanglen Kom.
Return to boxing[edit]
After a two-year break, she won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in
India
[13]
and a fourth successive gold medal at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in
China,
[14]
followed by a gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Gamesin Vietnam.
[citation needed][13]

In 2010, Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Kazakhstan,
[13]
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.
[15]
In the 2010 Asian Games, she competed in the 51 kg class - the lowest in the contest -
and won a bronze medal.
[citation needed]
In 2011, she won gold in the 48 kg class at the Asian Women's Cup
in China,
[citation needed]
and in 2012 took the gold medal in the 51 kg class at the Asian Women's Boxing
Championship in Mongolia.
[16]

On 3 October 2010, she, along with Sanjay and Harshit Jain, had the honour of bearing the Queen's
Baton in its opening ceremony run in the stadium for the 2010 Commonwealth Games of
Delhi.
[17][18]
She did not compete, however, as women's boxing was not included in the Commonwealth
Games.
Olympic Games[edit]
Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's flyweight
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
womens boxing in only three weight categoriesthe 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 quarter-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.
[19]

Kom was accompanied to London by her mother
[20]
and husband .
[citation needed]
Kom's coach Charles
Atkinson could not join her at the Olympic Village as he didn't possess an International Boxing
Association (AIBA) 3 Star Certification, which is mandatory for accreditation.
[21]

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.
[22][23]
In the quarter-final, the
following day, she defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a score of 15-6.
[24]
She faced Nicola
Adams of UK in the semi-final on 8 August 2012 and lost the bout 6 points to 11.
[25]
However, she
stood third in the competition and garnered her first olympic Bronze medal.
[26][27][28]
Manipur Government
decided to award Rs 50 lakhs and two acres of land to Kom in the cabinet meeting held on 9 August
2012.
[29]
She carried the Indian tricolour during the closing ceremony of the 2012 summer Olympics in
London..
Super Fight League[edit]
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 andSanjay Dutt to work with
the SFL in some manner other than being a fighter.
[30]

On 24 September, the Super Fight League announced that Kom will serve as the SFL's brand
ambassador.
[31][32]

Achievements[edit]
International titles
[33]

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 Pcs, Hungary
International titles
[33]

Year Place Weight Competition Location
2003 First 46 Asian Women's Championships Hisar, India
2004 First 41 Women's World Cup Tnsberg, 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 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 51 Asian Games Guangzhou, China
International titles
[33]

Year Place Weight Competition Location
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
National
Gold 1st Women Nat. Boxing Championship, Chennai 612.2.2001
The East Open Boxing Champ, Bengal 1114.12.2001
2nd Sr World Women Boxing Championship, New Delhi 2630.12.2001
National Women Sort Meet, N. Delhi 2630.12.2001
32nd National Games, Hyderabad 2002
3rd Sr World Women Boxing Champ, Aizawl 48.3.2003
4th Sr WWBC, Kokrajar, Assam 2428.2.2004
5th Sr WWBC, Kerala 2630.12.2004
6th Sr WWBC, Jamshedpur 29 November-3.12.2005
10th WNBC, Jamshedpur lost QF by 14 on 5.10.2009
Awards and recognitions[edit]
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
[34][35]

International Boxing Association's Ambassador for Women's Boxing 2009 (TSE 30 July 2009
Thur)
[36][37]

Sportswoman of the year 2010, Sahara Sports Award
[38]

For the Bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics
50 lakh (US$82,000) cash award from the Rajasthan Government.
[39]

50 lakh (US$82,000) cash award and two acres of land from the Manipur Government.
[40]

20 lakh (US$33,000) cash award from the Assam Government.
[41]

10 lakh (US$16,000) cash award from the Arunachal Pradesh Government.
[42]

10 lakh (US$16,000) cash award from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (India).
[43]

40 lakh (US$66,000) cash award from the North Eastern Council.
[44]

Media[edit]
Her autobiography, Unbreakable, was co-authored by Dina Serto
[45]
and published by Harper Collins in
late 2013.
[46]

In 2014, Sanjay Leela Bhansali announced that Priyanka Chopra would star as Kom in biographical
film about her life. The movie is directed by Omung Kumar and was released on 5 September 2014.
[47]