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Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom OLY (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha. [3] [4] [5] 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 ...
Mary Kom missed the boat to Rio 2016 but managed to qualify for Tokyo 2020, which was her final appearance at the Summer Games. She was also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games (in 2014) and at the Commonwealth Games (2018).
Jul 29, 2021 · MC Mary Kom is the first Indian woman to win a boxing gold at the Asian Games. Mary Kom has also managed to bag five gold medals in the Asian women’s boxing championships. The last one in 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she went on to add the only missing title from her cabinet with another emphatic show in Gold Coast.
Jul 23, 2021 · MC Mary Kom is a flagbearer of Indian boxing on the international level. The six-time World Championship gold medallist has demonstrated a relentless passion for the game and has made...
Feb 21, 2020 · Mary Kom, the ambassador. As one of the elder stateswomen of her sport, Kom is now an ambassador for boxing. As well as serving as an inspiration for a new generation stepping into the ring, Kom has also been selected as one of the athlete ambassadors for the Olympic qualifiers for Tokyo 2020.
Jul 24, 2021 · MC Mary Kom is all that and more. The 38 year old, who is synonymous with boxing excellence, has already won one Olympic medal (bronze in 2012 London Games), but she is not one to rest on her laurels.
Jul 11, 2024 · Mary Kom, frighteningly fierce, fabulously funny is not at home. The person sitting before us, asking us tea, is an impostor - distant, distracted not just dazed from late, afternoon sleep. ...
