Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom was born on 24 November 1982 and is an Indian amateur boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
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10 Facts About M C Mary Kom
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Mary Kom became the most successful boxer at world championships in 2019.
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In school, M C Mary Kom participated in sports, including volleyball, football, and athletics.
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However, he learned of it when M C Mary Kom's photo appeared in a newspaper after she won the state boxing championship in 2000.
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In 2010, M C Mary Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Kazakhstan, and at the 2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Barbados, her fifth consecutive gold at the championship.
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At the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, M C Mary Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but for a place at the 2012 London Olympics in London, the first time women's boxing had featured as an Olympic sport.
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On 1 October 2014, M C Mary Kom won her first gold medal in the boxing at the 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, South Korea, by beating Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova in the flyweight summit clash.
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In May 2021, Mary Kom won her 7th medal at the Asian Championships but lost the women's 51kg final on Sunday to Nazym Kazaibay.
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Mary Kom set a new standard in amateur boxing without ever competing in professional boxing.
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In 2015, M C Mary Kom became the first amateur to surpass several professional athletes in India in earnings, endorsements and awards.
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