Essay on Mary Com pl
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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.
Besides attending school, caring for her younger siblings and playing sports such as hockey, football and athletics, she also had to assist her parents in the fields. She did graduation from Churachandpur College.
Like everywhere else, in the North-East, only the rich could afford private schools. The poor go to government schools, where the quality of education isn’t up to the mark. So they depend on sports to land jobs. Mary eventually got a job in the police department. Her first match at the state level sub-junior boxing championship in 2000, earned her the distinction of being the ‘best boxer’. That’s when she realised her talent. She got married to K.Onler Kom in 2005 and has twin sons.
In 2008, she won silver at Asian Women’s Boxing Championship. She won her fourth consecutive gold medal at AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship, followed by another gold at 2009 Asian Indoor Games. In 2010, she along with Sanjay and Harshit Jain, bore the King’s Baton in the opening ceremony of 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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.
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