Wining moment of GOLD in
ASIAN GAMES 2014
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, ( born 1st March, 1983) also known as
MC Mary Kom, Magnificent Mary or simply Mary Kom, is an Indian boxer belonging
to Kom tribal community of north-eastern state of Manipur. She is a five-time
World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one
of the six world championships. She is the only Indian woman boxer to have
qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight ( 51 kg ) category and winning
the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women’s Ranking
Flyweight category.
Mary Kom was born in Kangathei,
in Churachanpur district of Manipur. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte
Akham Kom, worked in jhum fields. She completed her primary education from Loktak Christian
Model High
School Adimjati High School Churachandpur
College.
Although she had a keen interest
in athletics from childhood, it was the success of Dingko Singh that inspired
her to become a boxer in 2000. She started her training under the close eye of
M. Narjit Singh, Manipur State Boxing Coach at Khuman Lampak,Imphal
She is married to K Onler Kom and
has twin sons, Rechungvar and Khupneivar
In 2012, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
confirmed that A Biopic movie will be made for Mary Kom starring Priyanka
Chopra in lead role. Movie is to be released somewhere around 2014
After a two-year break, she won a
silver medal at the 2008 Asian Women’s Boxing Championship in India and a fourth successive gold medal at the
AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in China ,
followed by a gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam .
In 2010, Kom won the gold medal
at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championship in Kazakhstan ,
and at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in Barbados , her fifth consecutive
gold at the championship. She competed in Barbados in the 48 kg weight class, after
AIBA had stopped using the 46
kg class. In the 2010 Asian Games, she competed in the 51 kg class – the lowest in
the contest – and won a bronze medal. In 2011, she won gold in the 48 kg class at the Asian
Women’s Cup in China , and in
2012 took the gold medal in the 51
kg class at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championship in Mongolia .
On 3 October 2010, she, along
with Vijender Singh, had the honour of bearing the Queen’s Baton in its opening
ceremony run in the stadium for the 2010 Commonwealth Games of Delhi. She did
not compete, however, as women’s boxing was not included in the Commonwealth
Games.
Mary, a five-time world champion,
had won several medals in the 46 and 48 kg categories. She was forced to shift to
this category and gain weight two years ago after the world body decided to
allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories—the lowest one being 51 kg .
At the 2012 AIBA Women’s World
Boxing Championship, Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but
also for a place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , the first time women’s boxing had
featured as an Olympic sport. She was defeated in the 51 kg semi-finals by Nicola
Adams of the UK
( to whom she would eventually lose in the semifinal of the London 2012 Olympic
Games as well ), making this the first year since the championship began that
Kom did not win a medal, but did succeed in getting a place for the Olympics.
She was the only Indian woman to qualify for boxing event, with Laishram Sarita
Devi narrowly missing a place in the 60 kg class.
Kom was accompanied to London by her mother and
husband. Kom’s coach Charles Atkinson will not join her at the Olympic Village
as he doesn’t possess an International Boxing Association ( AIBA ) 3 Star
Certification, which is mandatory for accreditation.
The first Olympic round was held
on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeating Karolina Michalczuk of Poland 19-14 in the third women’s
boxing match ever to be fought at the Olympics. In the quarter-final, the
following day, she defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a score of 15-6. She
faced Nicola Adams of UK
in the semi-final on 8th August, 2012 and lost the bout 6 points to 11.
However, she stood third in the
competition and garnered her first olympic Bronze medal. Manipur Government
decided to award Rs 5 million and two acres of land to Kom in the cabinet
meeting held on 9 August 2012. She carried the Indian tricolor during the
closing ceremony of the 2012 summer Olympics in London
Kom appeared on the final episode of the Super Fight
League’s mixed martial arts reality show – SFL Challengers. During this time
Kom was in talks with owners Raj Kundra and Sanjay Dutt to work with the SFL in
some manner other than being a fighter. On 24 September, the Super Fight League
announced that Kom will serve as the SFL’s brand ambassador.
We all Indians proud of you!!!!
Courtsey:Times
of India
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