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Mary Kom

1983 - Today

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Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the flyweight (51 kg) category and won a bronze medal. She had also been ranked as the world's No. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Mary Kom is the 287th most popular boxer (down from 221st in 2024), the 1,147th most popular biography from India (down from 932nd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Mary Kom ranks 287 out of 496. Before her are Leonard Doroftei, Eyüp Can, Jorge Hernández, Marco Huck, Jorge Gutiérrez, and Arnold Vanderlyde. After her are Tomasz Adamek, Utkirbek Haydarov, Felix Sturm, Vic Darchinyan, Giorgio Petrosyan, and Jorge Eliécer Julio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Mary Kom ranks 393. Before her are Son Dam-bi, Michael Malarkey, Michel Vorm, Mon Laferte, Mark Forster, and Alexei Eremenko. After her are Craig Horner, Mamie Gummer, Elyes Gabel, Zoe Perry, Patrick Flueger, and Irving Saladino.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mary Kom ranks 1,147 out of 1,861. Before her are Prakash Padukone (1955), Vijayashanti (1966), Sanjay Kapoor (1965), Raj Babbar (1952), Jagdeep (1939), and Nidhhi Agerwal (1993). After her are Kiran Desai (1971), Sanya Malhotra (1992), Gulshan Grover (1955), Manohar Joshi (1937), Aditi Govitrikar (1976), and Ravindra Jadeja (1988).

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Among BOXERS In India

Among boxers born in India, Mary Kom ranks 1. After her are Vijender Singh (1985), Lovlina Borgohain (1997), Nikhat Zareen (1996), Dingko Singh (1979), Shiva Thapa (1993), and Vikas Krishan Yadav (1992).

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