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Aug 15, 2024 · Karnam Malleswari, bronze medal - women’s 54kg weightlifting - Sydney 2000. Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari created history and became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
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, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) named Kom as a female representative of boxing's athlete ambassadors group for the 2020 Summer Olympics in ...
Aug 8, 2012 · London: India’s M.C. Mary Kom created history Wednesday by becoming the country’s first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. Mary Kom, however, had to settle for the bronze as she went down fighting in her 51kg semi-final bout against local favourite Nicola Adams.
Jul 29, 2021 · Mary Kom returned a year later better prepared to seal her maiden world title with a win over North Korea’s Jang Song-ae in the 45kg category. In doing so, Mary Kom became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Women's World Boxing Championships.
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The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal was Karnam Malleswari, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting. [1] In the 2012 London Olympics, women's boxing was featured as a sport for the first time.
Jul 30, 2021 · However, all that changed on the evening of August 8, 2012, as Mary Kom became the first Indian female boxer to win an Olympic medal, claiming bronze in the 51kg category.
Oct 20, 2023 · Though her semi-final bout against the UK’s Nicola Adams ended in a loss, she made history as the first Indian woman to win an Olympic boxing medal. It was also the debut year for women’s boxing at the Olympics, marking a monumental moment for the sport.
