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Mary Kom
Kom at theBritish High Commissionin 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'samateur boxing
RepresentingIndia
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" KomOLY[2](born 24 November 1982)[1]is an IndianOlympic boxer,politician, and formerMember of Rajya Sabha.[3][4][5]She is the only woman to win theWorld Amateur Boxing Championshipsix 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]NicknamedMagnificent Mary,she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the2012 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 theInternational Boxing Association (amateur)(AIBA).[11][12]She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in theAsian Games in 2014atIncheon,South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the2018 Commonwealth Games.[13]She is also the only boxer to becomeAsian Amateur Boxing Championfor a record six times.[14][15]Mary Kom won the 51kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.[16]

On 25 April 2016, thePresident of Indianominated Kom as a member of theRajya Sabha,the upper house of theIndian parliament.[17]In March 2017, theMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports,Government of India, appointed Mary Kom along withAkhil Kumaras 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 asgreat or exceptional ladyin 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 thenChief Minister of Manipuralso declared that the stretch of road leading to the National Games village inImphal West district,where Kom currently resides, would be named asMC Mary Kom Road.[20][21]She was awarded thePadma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award, in 2020.[22][23]

Early life[edit]

Kom was born in Kagathei village, Moirang Lamkhai in theChurachandpur districtof ruralManipurin India.[1][24]She came from a poorKomfamily.[1]Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom weretenant farmerswho worked injhumfields.[25]They named her Chungneijang. Kom grew up in humble surroundings, helping her parents with farm-related chores, going to school, and learning athletics initially and later boxing simultaneously. Kom's father was a keen wrestler in his younger days. She is the eldest of three children – she has a younger sister and a brother.[26]She hails from aChristianBaptistfamily.[27]

Kom studied at the Loktak Christian Model High School atMoirangup to her sixth standard and thereafter attended St. Xavier Catholic School, Moirang, up to class 8. During this time, she took a good amount of interest in athletics, especiallyjavelinand400 meters running.It was at this juncture,Dingko Singh,a fellow Manipuri returned from the 1998Bangkok Asian gameswith a gold medal. Kom recollects that this had inspired many youngsters in Manipur to try boxing, and she too thought of giving it a try.[28]

After completing class 8, Kom moved to Adimjati High School,Imphal,for her schooling for classes 9 and 10, 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 graduated from Churachandpur College.[29]

Kom participated in sports in school, including volleyball, football, and athletics. It was the success of Dingko Singh that inspired her to switch from athletics to boxing in 2000. She started her training under her first coach K. Kosana Meitei in Imphal. When she was 15, she decided to leave her hometown to study at the Imphal Sports Academy.[30]In an interview with theBBC,Meitei remembered her as a dedicated hardworking girl with a strong will power, who picked up the basics of boxing quickly. Thereafter, she trained under the Manipur state boxing coach M. Narjit Singh at Khuman Lampak.[31]Kom kept her interest in boxing a secret from her father, himself an ex-wrestler, as he was concerned that boxing would hurt Kom's face and spoil her chances of marriage. However, he learned of it when Kom's photo appeared in a newspaper after she won the state boxing championship in 2000. After three years, her father began to support Kom's pursuits in boxing as he grew convinced of her love of boxing.[32][33]

Career[edit]

After her marriage, Kom took a short hiatus from boxing. After giving birth to her twins in 2007, Kom started training once again.[24]She won a silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India[34]and a fourth successive gold medal at the2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championshipsin China,[35]followed by a gold medal at the2009 Asian Indoor Gamesin Vietnam.[34][36]

In 2010, Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Kazakhstan,[34]and at the2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championshipsin Barbados, her fifth consecutive gold at the championship. She competed in Barbados in the 48 kg weight category, after AIBA had stopped using the 46 kg class.[37]In the2010 Asian Games,she competed in the 51 kg class and won a bronze medal.[38]In 2011, she won gold in the 48 kg class at the Asian Women's Cup in China.[39][40]

On 3 October 2010 she, along with Sanjay and Harshit Jain, had the honour of bearing theQueen's Batonin theopening ceremonyrun in the stadium for the2010 Commonwealth Gamesin Delhi.[41]She did not compete, however, as women's boxing was not included in theCommonwealth Games.

Kom, who had previously fought in the 46 and 48 kg categories, shifted to the 51 kg category after the world body decided to allow women's boxing in only three weight categories eliminating the lower weight classes.[42]

At the2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship,Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but also for a place at the2012 London Olympicsin London, the first time women's boxing had featured as an Olympic sport. She was defeated in the 51 kg quarter-finals byNicola Adamsof the UK. She was the only Indian woman to qualify for the Olympic boxing event, withLaishram Sarita Devinarrowly missing a place in the 60 kg class.[43]

Kom was accompanied to London by her mother.[44]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.[45]She had all her luggage and passport stolen on the way to the selection camp in Bangkok, Thailand for her first Asian Women's Boxing Championships.[46][47]The first Olympic round was held on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeatingKarolina Michalczukof Poland 19–14 in the third women's boxing match ever to be fought at the Olympics.[48][49]In the quarter-final, the following day, she defeatedMaroua RahaliofTunisiawith a score of 15–6.[50]She facedNicola Adamsof UK in the semi-final on 8 August 2012 and lost the bout 6 points to 11.[51]However, she stood third in the competition and garnered an Olympic bronze medal.[52][53][54]In recognition, the Manipur Government awarded her Rs 50 lakhs and two acres of land in a cabinet meeting held on 9 August 2012.[55]

Though keen on representing India at the2016 Rio Olympics,Kom was not able to qualify for the event.[56]Kom has said that the2020 Tokyo Olympicswill be her last appearance at the Summer Games.[57]

In2020 Summer Olympicsshe fought against the Rio Olympics bronze medalist Colombian boxerIngrit Valencia.As the match ended, the commentator announced the winner on points by split decision. A brief momentarily pause was followed by "in red," another short pause, but by this time Mary Kom, in the blue corner, had put up her fist in celebration and did not follow the rest of the commentary that mentioned "Ingrit Valencia". "I had beaten this girl twice in the past. I couldn't believe that her hand was raised by the referee. I swear, it hadn't struck me that I lost, I was so sure," she said in an interview.[58]

On 1 October 2014, Kom won her first gold medal in theboxing at the 2014 Asian Games,held inIncheon,South Korea,by beatingKazakhstan'sZhaina Shekerbekovain the flyweight (51 kg) summit clash.

Mary Kom during an interaction with thePrime Minister of India

On 8 November 2017, she received an unprecedented fifth gold medal (48 kg) at theAsian Boxing Confederation(ASBC) women's boxing championships held atHo Chi MinhinVietnam.[59]

The only major international event that she had not won a medal in was the Commonwealth Games, as her categoryLight flyweightwas not included until the2018 Commonwealth Games.There, Kom won the gold medal in thewomen's light flyweight 48 kgon 14 April 2018.[60]

On 24 November 2018, she became the first woman to win 6 World Championships, achieving this feat at the 10th AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India.[61]

In October 2019, theInternational Olympic Committee(IOC) named Kom as a female representative of boxing's athlete ambassadors group for the2020 Summer Olympicsin Tokyo.[62]

In May 2021, Mary Kom won her 7th medal at the Asian Championships but lost the women's 51kg final on Sunday toNazym Kazaibay.Kom won her first medal at the tournament in 2003.[63]

In the Asian Boxing Olympic Qualifying rounds held in August 2021, Kom lost to China'sChang Yuanin a semi-final.[64]

Super Fight League[edit]

Kom appeared on the final episode of theSuper Fight League'smixed martial artsreality show – SFL Challengers. During this time Kom was in talks with ownersRaj KundraandSanjay Duttto work with the SFL in some manner other than being a fighter.[65]

On 24 September 2012, the Super Fight League announced that Kom will serve as the SFL's brand ambassador.[66][67]

Achievements[edit]

International Titles[68]
Year Place Weight Competition Location
2001 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 48 AIBA Women's World Championships Scranton,Pennsylvania,USA
2002 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45 AIBA Women's World Championships Antalya,Turkey
2002 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45 Witch Cup Pécs,Hungary
2003 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 Asian Women's Championships Hisar, India
2004 1st place, gold medalist(s) 41 Women's World Cup Tønsberg,Norway
2005 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 Asian Women's Championships Kaohsiung,Taiwan
2005 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 AIBA Women's World Championships Podolsk,Russia
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 AIBA Women's World Championships New Delhi,India
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 Venus Women's Box Cup Vejle,Denmark
2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 AIBA Women's World Championships Ningbo,China
2008 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 46 Asian Women's Championships Guwahati,India
2009 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 Asian Indoor Games Hanoi,Vietnam
2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) 48 AIBA Women's World Championships Bridgetown,Barbados
2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) 46 Asian Women's Championships Astana,Kazakhstan
2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 51 Asian Games Guangzhou,China
2011 1st place, gold medalist(s) 48 Asian Women's Cup Haikou,China
2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) 41 Asian Women's Championships Ulan Bator,Mongolia
2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 51 Summer Olympics London,United Kingdom
2014 1st place, gold medalist(s) 51 Asian Games Incheon,South Korea
2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 48 Asian Women's Championships Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45–48 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Queensland,Australia
2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 45–48 AIBA Women's World Championships New Delhi,India
2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 51 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Ulan-Ude,Russia
National
  • Gold – 1st Women Nat. Boxing Championship, Chennai 6–12.2.2001
  • The East Open Boxing Champ, Bengal 11–14 December 2001
  • 2nd Sr World Women Boxing Championship, New Delhi 26–30 December 2001
  • National Women Sort Meet, N. Delhi 26–30 December 2001
  • 32nd National Games, Hyderabad 2002
  • 3rd Sr World Women Boxing Champ, Aizawl 4–8.3.2003
  • 4th Sr WWBC, Kokrajar, Assam 24–28 February 2004
  • 5th Sr WWBC, Kerala 26–30 December 2004
  • 6th Sr WWBC, Jamshedpur 29 November-3.12.2005
  • 10th WNBC, Jamshedpur lost QF by 1–4 on 5 October 2009

Awards and recognitions[edit]

Mary being awardedPadma Vibhushan,c. 2021

Mary Kom was a set a new standard in amateur boxing without ever competing in professional boxing. In 2015, Kom became the first amateur to surpass several professional athletes in India in earnings, endorsements and awards. She is the first amateur athlete to win the Padma Bhushan.

National awards
Other awards and recognition
For the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics


Mary Kom Resigns as Chef de Mission for the Paris Olympics:

Mary Kom was appointed as the chef de mission for the Indian contingent to the Paris Olympics 2024. However, she resigned from this prestigious position citing personal reasons. Her resignation came less than three months before the commencement of the games.[86]

Media and popular culture[edit]

Her autobiography,Unbreakable,was co-authored by Dina Serto[87]and published byHarperCollinsin late 2013.[88]An excerpt from this biography has been given as a prose lesson inSamacheer KalviEnglish textbook for 11th standard.[citation needed]

Priyanka Chopraportrayed Kom inMary Kom,a 2014 Hindi language biographical film about her life. The movie is directed byOmung Kumarand was released on 5 September 2014.[89]

TheGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls,a children's book which features short stories about female role models to children, includes an entry on Mary Kom.[90]

Kom also features in the 2016 documentaryWith This Ring,[91]which follows the experiences of India's women's boxing team across a span of six years, from 2006 to 2012.[92]

Personal life[edit]

Kom is married to the footballer Karung Onkholer (Onler).[93]Kom first met her husband in 2000 after her luggage was stolen while travelling by train to Bangalore. InNew Delhiwhile on her way to theNational GamesinPunjabshe met Onkholer who was studying law atDelhi University.Onkholer was the president of the North East students body and helped Kom. They became friends and thereafter began dating each other. After four years they were married in 2005.[94]

Together they have three sons, twins born in 2007, and another son born in 2013.[95][96]In 2018, Kom and her husband adopted a girl named Merilyn.[97]

Association with social causes[edit]

Kom is ananimal rightsactivist, and supporter ofPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) India, starring in an ad to call for an end to the use of elephants in circuses. "Circuses are cruel places for animals where they are beaten and tortured. As a mother, I can imagine what animals go through when their children are taken away from them to forcefully perform in circuses. It's sad," Kom has been quoted in the media.[98]

Kom has also backed PETA India's humane education campaign, Compassionate Citizen. She has written a letter to the education ministers of states and union territories across India requesting that the programme be incorporated into official school curriculums.

In an interview in theTimes of Indiashe was quoted as saying, "One of the best ways to knock out cruelty to animals is to teach compassion to young people. Animals need us in their corner. With violence seemingly all around us, it is more important than ever that we teach lessons of respect and kindness in the classroom."[99]

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