Mary Kom
Indian amateur boxer
ꯃꯦꯔꯤ ꯀꯣꯝ꯫ (manipuri) · 瑪麗·科姆 · メアリー・コム
- Born
- 1 March 1982, Manipur
- Citizenship
- India
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer, politician
- Height
- 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 51 kg (112 lb)
Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha. 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. 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. She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA). 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. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times. Mary Kom won the 51 kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Asian Games | 2010 | |
| 2012 Summer Olympics | 2012 | |
| boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's flyweight | 2012 | 3rd place (bronze) |
| 2014 Asian Games | 2014 | |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games | 2018 | |
| boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's flyweight | 2020 | 9th place |
Awards and honours
- Padma Vibhushan 2020
- Arjuna Award
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri in sports
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.