Country’s first female boxer made India proud many times, Mary Kom started her career like this

Such a female player of India who has brought laurels to the country many times with her brilliant performance. A film has also been made on his life. Her name is Mary Kom. Let us tell you that there is hardly any such achievement which Mary Kom has missed to achieve. She is the only female boxer of India. The whole world knows Mary today. But his journey was not that easy either. Mary Kom has seen many ups and downs in her life. But no matter how opposite the situation, Mary Kom never gave up and proved her mettle in the whole world. He was born on this day i.e. on 1st March. Let us know some interesting things related to the life of Mary Kom.

Mary Kom was born on 1 March 1983 in the Churachandpur district of Manipur in a poor farmer’s family. She was the eldest of four siblings. Apart from helping her parents, she used to take care of her siblings from a young age. Mary Kom did not let the financial condition of the house affect her education. Mary completed her studies from NIOS, Imphal and after that she completed her graduation from Churachandpur College, Imphal.

Mary started boxing at the age of just 18. He worked hard to make boxing a career. Mary was very fond of sports since childhood. But she never took part in boxing. In the year 1998, boxer Dingko Singh of Manipur won the gold medal in the Asian Games. His victory was celebrated by the whole of Manipur. Seeing Dingko boxing, Mary was so impressed by him that she decided to pursue a career in boxing. But for this, it was a big challenge for Mary to convince her family members.

Mary was also determined that she too would definitely achieve her goal one day. So he started training without informing his parents. One day at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Mary saw girls boxing with boys. Then his dream became more mature. Mary went to Imphal to take boxing training and started taking training from Manipur’s coach M Narjit Singh. She was so determined about her goal that even when everyone had left for the night, Mary continued to practice.

From 1998 to 2000, Mary kept taking boxing training secretly from her family members. When she won the Women’s Boxing Championship from Manipur in the year 2000 and received the Boxer Award. After this victory, his victory was hidden in every newspaper. It was only then that his family came to know that Mary was a boxer. After this Mary’s family members celebrated this victory. With the support of her family, Mary began to focus on her career with more enthusiasm. Then she brought laurels to her state by winning the gold medal in the ‘Women’s Boxing Championship’ held in West Bengal. Mary Kom started her career at the international level in the year 2001. After this Mary Kom never looked back.

1. Gold Medal in AIBA World Women’s Championship in 2001

2. Gold Medal in AIBA World Women’s Senior Boxing Championship in 2002

3. Gold Medal in Asian Women’s Championship in 2003

4. Gold Medal in Asian Women’s Championship held in Taiwan in 2004

5. Gold Medal in AIBA Women’s World Championship in 2005

6. Gold Medal in AIBA World Championship in 2006

7. Gold medal in the World Championship held in China in 2008

8. Gold Medal in AIBA World Championship in 2010

9. Bronze Medal in 2010 Asian Games

10. Bronze Medal in 2012 London Olympics

11. Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games

Let us tell you that the book Unbreakable was published in the year 2013 on the inspirational life of Mary Kom. Apart from this, the film Mary Kom was made on her life. Actress Priyanka Chopra brought her character to life in this film.