Birth name Mangte Chungneijang Full name Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom Nickname(s) Magnificent Mary Nationality Indian Born 1 March 1983 (age 31) Kangathei, Manipur, India Residence Imphal, Manipur, India Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) Weight 51 kg (112 lb) Spouse(s) K (Karung) Onkholer Kom Sport Country India Sport Boxing (Rated at 46kg, 48kg, 51kg) Coached by M. Narjit Singh, Charles Atkinson Medal record Competitor for India Womens boxing Summer Olympics Bronze 2012 London Flyweight (51kg) Womens 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 Womens Boxing Championship Gold 2012 Ulaanbaatar Flyweight Gold 2010 Astana Flyweight Silver 2008 Guwahati Pinweight Gold 2005 Kaohsiung Pinweight Gold 2003 Hissar Pinweight Asian Games Gold 2014 Incheon Flyweight (51kg) Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Flyweight (51kg) Indoor Asian Games Gold 2009 Hanoi Pinweight Asian Cup Womens Boxing Tournament Gold 2011 Haikou 48 kg Witch Cup Gold 2002 Pécs Pinweight Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (born 1 March 1983), also known as MC Mary Kom, or simply Mary Kom,[1] is an Indian boxer. She is a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.[2] Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, 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.[3] She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Womens Ranking Flyweight category.[4] She became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the Asian Games in 2014 in Incheon, South Korea.[5
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