Mary Kom

Mary Kom

Kom speaking at the British High Commission in Delhi, 2011
Personal information
Birth name	Mangte Chungneijang
Full name	Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
Nickname(s)	Magnificent Mary
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1983-03-01) 1 March 1983 (age 33) Kangathei, Manipur, India
Residence	Imphal, Manipur, India
Occupation	MP of Rajya Sabha (nominated) from 25th April, 2016 to 24th April, 2022
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Spouse(s)	Karung Onkholer Kom
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Boxing (Rated at 47kg, 48kg, 51kg)
Coached by	Gopal Devang, M. Narjit Singh, Charles Atkinson, Rongmei Josiah.
Medal record Representing  India Women's boxing Summer Olympics 2012 London Flyweight (51kg) Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships 2002 Antalya 45 kg 2005 Podolsk 46 kg 2006 New Delhi 46 kg 2008 Ningbo City 46 kg 2010 Bridgetown 48 kg 2001 Scranton 45 kg Asian Women's Boxing Championship 2003 Hissar Pinweight 2005 Kaohsiung Pinweight 2010 Astana Flyweight 2012 Ulaanbaatar Flyweight 2008 Guwahati Pinweight Asian Games 2014 Incheon Flyweight (51kg) 2010 Guangzhou Flyweight (51kg) Indoor Asian Games 2009 Hanoi Pinweight Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament 2011 Haikou 48 kg Witch Cup 2002 Pécs Pinweight

Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte (born 1 March 1983), better known as Mary Kom, is an Olympic Indian boxer hailing from the Kom-Kuki tribe in Manipur. 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. 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. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category. She became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the Asian Games in 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 26 April 2016, she was nominated by the President of India as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament,India

Kom was born in Kangathei village, Moirang Lamkhai in Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who worked in jhum fields. 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 was the eldest of three children - she has a younger sister and brother.

Kom studied at the Loktak Christian Model High School at Moirang up to her sixth standard and thereafter attended St. Xavier Catholic School, Moirang, up to class VIII. During this time, she took a good amount of interest in athletics, especially javelin and 400 metres running. It was at this juncture, Dingko Singh, a fellow Manipuri returned from the 1998 Bangkok Asian games with 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.