Mary Kom

Mary Kom

Mary Kom is an Indian boxer who belongs to Kom tribal community in the north-eastern state of Manipur.

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1

Performing Members

7

Off Stage Members

60-90

mins of stage time

Nationwide

can travel

Hindi

Performing Language

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Mary Kom is an Indian boxer who belongs to Kom tribal community in the north-eastern state of Manipur.She came from a poor family where her parents worked for Jhum cultivation.Up to 8th standard, she studied in the village school, and later, for the 9th and 10th standards, she moved to Imphal. However, when she failed in her exams, she dropped out of school and decided to give her 10th exams privately. Mary Kom during her school days.From her childhood, she was good at sports and got inspired by Indian boxer Dingko Singh, finally, at the age of 15, she decided to pursue boxing as a career.She kept her interest in boxing a secret from her father as he was concerned that boxing would hurt her face and spoil her chances of marriage.In 2001, when she participated in the national games, she met her husband, Onler, who was a law student at the Delhi University where they fell in love and got married in 2005.After marriage, she blessed with twin boys (2007), another son (2013) and took a break from boxing and soon resumed the boxing and won a silver medal in Asian Womans Boxing Championship in 2008. Mary Kom After Winning Medal in Asian Womans Boxing Championship 2008.In 2012, she is the only woman boxer to qualify from India for the Olympics and won a bronze medal.She is the only woman boxer who won a medal in each one of the six world championships and a 5 times World Amateur Boxing Champion.She has also been ranked as No. 4 in AIBA World Womens Ranking Flyweight category.

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