Mary Kom is an Indian Olympic boxer. She is the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and also the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only woman to become World Amateur Boxing Champion a record six times. Let’s take a look at his personal and professional life.
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Biography/Wiki
Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangtay or simply Mary Kom was born on 1 March 1983 in Kangthei, Manipur, India. He celebrated his 40th birthday in 2023. But age is just a number for him as he won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Australia. He started his training in boxing at a very young age and since then he has represented India at the highest level and won many accolades at the international and national levels. She is famous as ‘Magnificent Mary’.
physical features
Her height is 5′ 3″ (160 cm) and her weight is around 50 kg (110 lb). He has brown hair and black eyes. When asked about his fitness he said,
The secret of my success is my fitness and I am very fast. I plan well before matches. I’m lucky that I can catch my opponents in a matter of seconds. I’m able to read them very quickly…I have to train myself to keep my cool. It’s a strong desire, it’s a habit and training makes me happy. Sometimes I feel sick when I don’t train
Family
He was born in a low-income family Christian Family. His father, Mangte Tonpa Kom, and his mother, Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers. His father was also a wrestler.
Mary Kom with her parents
She grew up with three siblings, Chung, Nei and Zhang.
Mary Kom’s (left to right) sister-in-law, brother Khupreng, father Tonpa, younger sister Cindy and mother Akham.
In 2005, she married former footballer Karung Onkholer Kom. She let her career slide to take care of her children and ensured that Kom focused on training and not on housework.
Mary Kom with her husband
In 2007, she gave birth to twin sons Rechungwar Kom and Khupneivar Kom. In 2013, the couple welcomed their third child, Prince Kom.
Mary Kom with her children
Just a year after giving birth to Prince, she won a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2014.
Mary Kom after winning gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games
Education
He shifted many schools in his childhood. He studied from Loktak Christian Model High School, Moirang, Manipur till sixth grade.
Mary Kom in childhood
He then studied at St. Xavier’s Catholic School, Moirang, till class 8th. After this she went to Adimjati High School, Imphal.
Mary Kom in her school
She failed her matriculation exams and left school. Later he completed his 10th class from NIOS. He completed his graduation from Churachandpur College. She was a very athletic person since her childhood and participated in various sports in her school. She was into athletics, but after Dingko Singh’s 1998 Asian Games success, she shifted to boxing.
Dingko Singh with gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games
livelihood
He is one of India’s biggest boxing stars. His illustrious career took shape at a very early age. She was 15 years old when she went to study at the sports academy in Imphal. Her father was not fond of her taking up the sport at first as he was worried that she might injure her face which could spoil her marriage prospects.
However, when he won the State Boxing Championship in 2000, he started supporting him and understood his love for boxing. He got his first World Championship gold in 2002 and has won the gold medal five times since then.
Mary Kom after her sixth world title
In 2018, she won gold in the World Championship for the sixth time and became the first woman in the world to achieve this feat.
In 2012, she represented India at the Olympics and also won a bronze in the 51 kg category. In 2018, he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Mary Kom at the 2012 Olympics
medal
- 2001: Silver – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2002: Gold – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2003: Gold – Asian Women’s Championships
- 2004: Gold – Women’s World Cup
- 2005: Gold-Asian Women’s Championships
- 2005: Gold – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2006: Gold – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2006: Gold – Venus Women’s Box Cup
- 2008: Gold – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2008: Silver – Asian Women’s Championships
- 2009: Gold – Asian Indoor Games
- 2010: Gold – Women’s World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2010: Gold – Asian Women’s Championships
- 2010: Bronze- Asian Games
- 2011: Gold- Asian Women’s Cup
- 2012: Gold – Asian Women’s Championships
- 2012: Bronze – Summer Olympics
- 2014: Gold – Asian Games
- 2017: Gold – Asian Women’s Championships
- 2018: Gold – Commonwealth Games
- 2018: Gold – AIBA Women’s World Championships
Awards/Honors
- 2003: Arjuna Award (boxing)
- 2006: Padma Shri (Sports)
- 2007: Contender for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- 2007: People of the Year- Limca Book of Records
- 2008: Real Heroes Award of CNN-IBN and Reliance Industries
- 2008: Pepsi MTV Youth Icon
- 2008: ‘Magnificent Mary,’ AIBA
- 2009: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- 2009: International Boxing Association ambassador for women’s boxing
- 2013: Padma Bhushan (Sports)
- 2020: Padma Vibhushan (sports)
- 2023: Global Indian Icon of the Year award at the annual UK-India Awards in Windsor, south-east England
Favorite
- Tahini, falafel are his favorite foods.
- He loves listening to Lata Mangeshkar’s songs.
- Apart from boxing, his favorite sports are volleyball, football, wrestling and athletics.
philanthropy
She is a humanitarian and works a lot for the underprivileged. She is also an animal rights activist. She is a big supporter of PETA India and worked to end the use of elephants in circuses.
In an interview he said,
Circuses are cruel places for animals where they are beaten and tortured. As a mother, I can imagine what animals go through when their babies are forcefully taken to perform in circuses. it’s sad.
He also supported Compassionate Citizen, PETA India’s humanitarian education campaign. He once said,
The best way to end cruelty to animals is to teach youth compassion. Animals need us in their corner. With violence visible all around us, it is more important than ever that we teach respect and kindness in the classroom
fact
- In her free time she enjoys doing martial arts, traveling, watching TV, and singing.
- In 2006, his father-in-law was kidnapped and murdered. She was very close to him and in an interview she had revealed that it was a difficult time for her.
- In 2014, a biopic titled ‘Mary Kom’ was made starring Priyanka Chopra and directed by Omung Kumar.
- On 26 April 2016, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India.
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