Question

5. Using the information given below, write a paragraph of about 150 words on the

Indian boxer Mary Kom:


Name : Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom

Born : 1st March, 1983; Manipur

First Coach : K. Kosana Meitei from Imphal

Number of

career titles

won

so far

: Eight world titles, Olympic bronze medal (2012), five

Asian titles, gold medals at the Asian Games and the

Commonwealth Games. Major

achievements

:  Silver in AIBA Women’s World Championships, USA

(2001)

 Gold in Asian Women’s Championships, India

(2003)

 Gold in Women’s World Cup, Norway (2004)

 Gold in AIBA Women’s World Championships,

Russia (2005)

 Gold in AIBA Women’s World Championships, Delhi

(2006)

 Gold in Venus Women’s Box Cup Denmark (2006)

 Gold in AIBA Women’s World Championships, China

(2008)

 Gold in AIBA Women’s World Championships,

Barbados (2010)

 Gold in Asian Women’s Championships, Kazakhstan

(2010)

 Bronze in Summer Olympics, London (2012)

 Gold in AIBA Women’s World Championships, Delhi

(2018)

 Gold in Commonwealth Games, Australia (2018)

Honours :  Arjuna Award (Boxing), 2003

 Padma Shri (Sports), 2006

 Padma Bhushan (Sports), 2013​

Answer 1

Answer:

Indian woman boxer, MC Mary Kom or ‘Magnificent Mary’ as she is known as, is humble and down-to-Earth, despite being an Olympic medalist and five times world amateur champion. She was also the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics, and brought home a bronze medal. – The Woman of Power Punches

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom was born in a poor tribal family to Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom, on 1st March, 1983, in Manipur’s Kangathei village. Her parents work in jhum fields. She was the eldest of four children. Her grandmother named her Chungneijang, which means ‘prosperous’ in the Kom tribe’s dialect.

Inspired by Manipuri boxer Dingko Singh’s gold at 1998 Asian Games, Mary moved to Imphal to train in athletics. Initially, she hid it from her parents, as boxing wasn’t considered a womanly sport. Dressed in old shabby attire, the teenager met coach K Kosana Meitei at

Explanation:

Sports Authority of India branch there, and requested for an opportunity. Thereafter there was no looking back for her. She would practice till late at night, long after others went to bed. But her reason for taking up boxing was that she wanted to support her family.

Mary had competed earlier in the 46 and 48 kg categories. But she had to gain weight after the international body declared that it would allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories—the lowest being 51 kg. She was defeated in the World Boxing Championship 2012, but booked her berth for London Olympics, which were to be held the same year. Here, when she reached the semi-finals, she was defeated by the same opponent as in the previous championship. So, she settled for bronze.