Mary Kom : The first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games.
Mary Kom won numerous awards for her stupendous performance. Her name featured in the Limca Book of Records 2007. She was named as Sportswoman of the Year 2010. She was also conferred upon, Padma Bhushan in 2013. Latest in the list of her achievements is winning the gold medal in 17th Asian Games. 2014; thus becoming the first Indian woman to bag a gold medal at the Asian Games. In a short span of time, she has brought the acclamation for the country which only a few of the eminent cricketers have been able to bring. The Manipur Government awarded her ₹5 million and two acres of land for her Olympics 2012 performance. A film by her name and based on her life has been released in September 2014.
In 2013, she gave birth to her third baby boy. Mary Kom is an angel of inspiration for many who come from poor backgrounds and dare to dream. Since 2007, she has been teaching boxing to underprivileged children for free. She also started India’s first female, only fight club to provide self-defence training to girls.
