Mary Kom was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2014. In which of the following sports does she represent India?

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answered Mar 2, 2022 by SiddhiSomnath (239k points)
selected Mar 2, 2022 by Anuragk

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : Boxing

The Correct Answer is "Boxing".

Mary Kom is an Indian boxer from the northeast state of Manipur.
She is also known as MC Mary Kom or Magnificent Mary.
Mary Kom is famed as a five-time World Boxing Champion and the only boxer to win a medal in every one of the six world championships.
In the 2012 Olympics, she became the first Indian women boxer to qualify and win a bronze medal in the 51 kg flyweight category of Boxing.
She is currently ranked as Number 4 in the Flyweight category of AIBA World Women’s Ranking.

In 2003, Mary Kom won a gold medal in the 46 kg weight class at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championship in India and in 2004 she won a gold medal at the Women’s Boxing World Cup in Norway.
In 2005, she again won a gold medal at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championship in Taiwan and the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in Russia both in the 46 kg weight class. In 2006, she won a gold medal at the Venus Women’s Box Cup in Denmark and won gold again at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in India.
In the 2014 Asian Games, she won a gold medal and created history for India.
She won the gold in the women’s flyweight (48-52 kg) division which was her first gold medal in the Asian Games.
Awards and recognitions:
- Arjuna Award (Boxing) in 2003
- Padma Shree (Sports) in 2006
- ‘Magnificent Mary’, AIBA in 2008
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2009
- International Boxing Association’s Ambassador for Women’s Boxing in 2009
- Sportswoman of the year, Sahara Sports Award in 2010