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MARY KOM

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KEY FACTS
Full Name: Mangte Chungneijang Merykom
Height: 5'2" (158 cms)
Born: 1 March, 1983 (age 29)
Country: India
Sports: Boxing
Weight: 51kg (Flyweight)

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About Mary Kom
Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom added another feather to her already crowded cap by becoming the only Indian woman boxer to qualify for the London Olympics.

The 29-year-old Manipuri boxer luckily made the cut after her quarterfinal nemesis Nicola Adams of England defeated Russia's Elena Savelyeva in the semifinals. But she returned without a medal from the Women's World Boxing Championships for the first time since its inception in 2001.

The mother-of-two boxer usually fights at light flyweight (48kg) level but changed to flyweight (51kg), so that she can participate in the Olympics and was therefore punching above her weight. She has qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two Asian boxers at the world championships.

Women boxing is being included for the first time in the quadrennial extravaganza and has only three weight divisions: flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.

Mary Kom Medal Record

2001 - Silver (Pinweight, 45kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, Scranton
2002 - Gold (Pinweight, 45kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, Antalya
2005 - Gold (Pinweight, 46kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, Podolsk
2006 - Gold (Pinweight, 46kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, New Delhi
2008 - Gold (Pinweight, 46kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, Ningbo City
2010 - Gold (Light flyweight, 48kg) - Women's World Boxing Championships, Bridgetown
2010 - Bronze (Flyweight, 51kg) - Asian Games, Guangzhou
2012 - Gold (Flyweight, 51kg) - Asian Women's Boxing Championships, Guangzhou

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CAREER OF MARY KOM

Kom initially tried to hide her interest in boxing from her family, since it was not considered a suitable sport for a woman. However, after her victory in the Manipur state women's boxing championship in 2000, her career became public; her father discovered his daughter's achievement through a photograph in a newspaper. After winning the regional championship in West Bengal, Kom began competing at the international level at the age of 18, only a year after she started boxing. Her international debut was at the first AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in the United States, where she won a silver medal in the 48 kg weight category. She followed this with a gold medal in the 45 kg class at the second AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Turkey in 2002.[7]
In 2003, Kom won a gold medal in the 46 kg class - she would compete in this class for the next three years - at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in India, and was awarded the national Arjuna Award for outstanding sporting achievement. In 2004, she won gold at the Women's Boxing World Cup in Norway, and in 2005 again won gold at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Taiwan and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Russia. The following year, she won gold at the Venus Women's Box Cup in Denmark and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in India. Her victory in the World Championship was marred by illness; the final had to be suspended in the second round, with Kom leading

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Summer Olympics
Bronze 2012 London Flyweight (51kg)
Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold 2010 Bridgetown 48 kg
Gold 2008 Ningbo City 46 kg
Gold 2006 New Delhi 46 kg
Gold 2005 Podolsk 46 kg
Gold 2002 Antalya 45 kg
Silver 2001 Scranton 45 kg
Asian Women's Boxing Championship
Gold 2012 Ulaanbaatar Flyweight
Gold 2010 Astana Flyweight
Gold 2005 Kaohsiung Pinweight
Gold 2003 Hissar Pinweight
Silver 2008 Guwahati Pinweight
Asian Games
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Flyweight
Indoor Asian Games
Gold 2009 Hanoi Pinweight
Asian Cup Women’s Boxing Tournament
Gold 2011 Haikou 48 kg
Witch Cup
Gold 2002 Pécs Pinweight