write a note on mary kam's achievement in the field of sports
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Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, popularly known as MC Mary Kom, has been one of India’s leading sporting superstars over the last two decades.
Be it her six women’s world championship titles or the bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games, there’s barely any accolade to elude this boxing legend.
As Mary Kom prepares for her dream of winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics, here's a look at everything that ‘Magnificent Mary’ has achieved in the boxing ring so far.
Mary Kom rules the World Championships
Ever since the women’s world boxing championships was introduced in 2001, the Indian boxer has won a medal at each of the eight editions so far.
Competing as an 18-year-old at the inaugural world meet in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mary Kom impressed with her clean boxing style and made it to the final of the 48kg category.
MC Mary Kom won her first world title in 2002.
MC Mary Kom won her first world title in 2002.
Up against the kick-boxer-turned-pugilist Hülya Şahin of Turkey in the final, Mary Kom’s inexperience at the international stage was her undoing as she returned home with a silver.
Mary Kom returned a year later better prepared to seal her maiden world title with a win over North Korea’s Jang Song-ae in the 45kg category. In doing so, she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship.
As a world amateur boxing champion, it kick-started Mary Kom’s reign as she was unbeatable in the pinweight division in the coming years with World Championships crowns at 2005, 2006, 2008 and the 2010 editions.
It was the 2008 title that was special for Mary Kom as it came on the back of a two-year break following the birth of her twins.
Later, though the Indian star moved to the light flyweight division, she managed another world title in 2010 - a record fifth - and cemented her place among the greats of the game.
While an Olympic medal followed Mary Kom in 2012, the Indian supermom had to stay away from the sport once again after giving birth to her third son in 2013.
Though she returned to the ring soon after, it wasn’t until the 2018 World Championships in New Delhi that Mary Kom was once again on top of the world.