BOXER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Kom has received more than 6,814,473 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Kom is the 221st most popular boxer (down from 193rd in 2019), the 932nd most popular biography from India (down from 812th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Boxer.

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  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Mary Kom ranks 221 out of 496Before her are Albert Ireton, Hans Ziglarski, Arthur Abraham, Imane Khelif, Alfonso Pérez, and Gervonta Davis. After her are Terence Crawford, Payao Poontarat, Brian Nielsen, Félix Trinidad, Francisco Guilledo, and Shane Mosley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Mary Kom ranks 196Before her are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Aidan Turner, Mariano Andújar, Grégory Lemarchal, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, and Edson Braafheid. After her are Sean Biggerstaff, Yevgeniya Polyakova, Xabi Prieto, Semih Şentürk, Krista Kosonen, and Simon Eder.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mary Kom ranks 932 out of 1,861Before her are Jyoti Amge (1993), Narinder Singh Kapany (1926), Asaf Ali (1888), Jamuna (1936), Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), and Zohra Sehgal (1912). After her are Uma Bharti (1959), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), P. A. Sangma (1947), Nasir Hussain (1931), Rahat Indori (1950), and Mandakini (1963).

Among BOXERS In India

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