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Commonwealth Games experience: Debut in Gold Coast

Biggest win: Bronze medal at London Olympics, 2012.

Five-time World Amateur Boxing Champion Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, better known as Mary Kom will be leading the Indian Women’s boxing contingent at the Commonwealth Games, 2018. Hailing from Manipur, Mary Kom is the first female Indian boxer to bag a gold medal in 2014 Asian Games (Incheon). She achieved this feat by defeating Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova (51 kg flyweight category). She also won the Gold in 2010 Asian Games (Guangzhou). In the Asian Women’s Boxing Championship she has won Gold in 2017, 2012, 2010, 2005, 2004.

Last year in November, she also won her fifth gold medal (48 kg) at the ASBC Asian Confederation women’s boxing championships. ‘Magnificient Mary’ won the Arjuna Award in 2003, Padma Shri in 2006 and Padma Bhushan in 2013. She is also the first amateur athlete to win the Padma Bhushan.

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Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom OLY, famously known as Mary Kom, is a famous Indian boxer and an incumbent member of the Parliament of India. Mary Kom is an amateur boxer by profession and has also joined politics in recent times. Mary Kom, who is nicknamed Magnificent Mary, is one of the most renowned sports personalities of India and the world. The story of Mary Kom is always an inspiration for all those who are facing a struggle in their profession (especially sports), and they can learn how they can overcome all these problems to achieve success in their life.

Mary Kom: an Introduction

Mary Kom, who is popularly known as Magnificent Mary because of many magnificent performances during highly anticipated matches, was born on 24th November 1992 in a small village of Kangathei, Manipur, India. The full name of Mary Kom is Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom OLY, but she is popularly known as Mary Kom in short. Mary Kom, who is currently an incumbent member of Parliament of India, is a famous Indian amateur boxer and politician as well. Mary Kom has achieved many things in her boxing career at a very young age, and she is the only female boxer who was qualified for the summer Olympics of 2012 held in London. Mary Kom was the only female boxer from India who was qualified for competing in the 51KG flyweight category, and she also won a bronze medal for India in this category. Apart from this, Mary Kom is the only woman in the history of boxing championships who have won a medal in each of her first seven world championships, and also the World Amateur Boxing Championship title six times (maximum by any woman). Also, she is the only person in the history of boxing who have won eight championship medals (including both men's and women's championships).

Mary Kom was also ranked as Number 1 by the International Boxing Association (amateur), popularly known as AIBA in short, in the light-flyweight category. Mary Kom is the first Indian fe