Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" KomOLY[2] (born 24 November 1982)[1] 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 female) to win eight World Championship medals.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10] She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA).[11][12] 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.[13] She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times.[14][15] Mary Kom won the 51kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.[16]
On 25 April 2016, the President of India nominated Kom as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.[17] In March 2017, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, appointed Mary Kom along with Akhil Kumar as national observers for boxing.[18]
After her sixth world title in 2018, the Government of Manipur has conferred on her the title "Meethoi Leima", loosely translated as great or exceptional lady in a felicitation ceremony held in Imphal on 11 December 2018. Mary Kom became the most successful boxer at world championships in 2019.[19] At the function, the then Chief Minister of Manipur also declared that the stretch of road leading to the National Games village in Imphal West district, where Kom currently resides, would be named as MC Mary Kom Road.[20][21] She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2020.[22][23]
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^Ude, Ulan (12 October 2019). "MC Mary Kom crashes out but bags historic bronze in World Boxing Championships". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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^Women's Light Fly (45 – 48kg) Rankings Archived 25 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine (November 2018). International Boxing Association
^"Asian Games 2014 Day 12: Mary Kom punches first boxing gold, India add 1 silver, 3 bronzes to tally". indianexpress.com. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^"Mary Kom becomes first boxer to win five gold medals at the Asian Championships". The Economics Times. PTI. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^"Mary Kom crowned champion for 5th time at Asian Boxing Championships". Asian News International. India Today. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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^Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (26 April 2016). "Parliament Live: Mary Kom and Subramanian Swamy take oath in Rajya Sabha". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^"Government designates 12 Olympians as National Observers". The Indian Express. PTI. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^"Not easy to comeback after getting married and having children: Mary Kom". India Today. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^Leivon, Jimmy (12 December 2018). "Manipur government confers boxer MC Mary Kom with 'Meethoileima' title". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^Gadiya, Monish (4 October 2019). "Mary Kom Biography: The Magnificent Story of India's Legendary Boxing Star". kreedon.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^"Mary Kom will be conferred with Padma Vibhushan, PV Sindhu to get Padma Bhushan". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^"MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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