Mary Kom: Champion Boxer and Trailblazing Politician

Six-time World Amateur Boxing champion - the most by any woman boxer

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Only woman boxer to win a medal for India at the Olympics (bronze in 2012 London Olympics)

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Gold medal winner at 2014 Asian Games and 2003, 2005, 2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships

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Awarded the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, India's 3rd and 4th highest civilian honours

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Served as a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Indian Parliament) from 2016 to 2022

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Won gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the light flyweight division

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Named AIBA World Cadet Championship Best Boxer consecutively in 2001 and 2002

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Named AIBA World Cadet Championship Best Boxer consecutively in 2001 and 2002

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Inspired a 2014 Hindi film based on her life called "Mary Kom" starring Priyanka Chopra

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Set an example for Indian women athletes and brought women's boxing into the spotlight - led to an increase in female boxers after the Olympics

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