Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, from Manipur’s Churachandpur district, is the boxer who put Indian women’s boxing on the world map. Nicknamed “Magnificent Mary”, she is a six-time world champion and an Olympic medallist, and Bigg Boss 20 is her first reality show.
Career highlights
- Olympic bronze medal, London 2012 (flyweight).
- World Championship gold six times — 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018 — plus silver (2001) and bronze (2019).
- Asian Games gold at Incheon 2014; Commonwealth Games gold at Gold Coast 2018.
- Padma Shri (2006), Padma Bhushan (2013) and Padma Vibhushan (2020); Arjuna Award (2003) and Khel Ratna (2009).
- Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, 2016–2022.
- Her life inspired the 2014 film Mary Kom, starring Priyanka Chopra.
In Bigg Boss 20
She entered on premiere night (6 September), when Priyanka Chopra sent her a video message (reported by ANI). She reached the last four of the Week 3 captaincy task and later led a boxing-ring nomination task. Nominated in Week 4, she was reported to have received the fewest votes and lost one of her two lifelines rather than leaving; she was nominated again in Week 5 (reported by ETV Bharat and Filmibeat).
Sources: ANI, Outlook India, ETV Bharat, Wikipedia (medal record).