29 Facts About Manu Bhaker

Manu Bhaker was born on 18 February 2002 and is an Indian sport shooter.

Manu Bhaker has won 2 medals at the Olympic Games, 7 medals at the Asian Games and Asian Championships, and 22 medals at the World Championships and World Cups.

Manu Bhaker won another bronze in 10m pistol mixed team, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympic Games.

Manu Bhaker has won gold at the Commonwealth and Asian Games.

Manu Bhaker set a Commonwealth Games record during the same edition.

In 2018, a 16 year old Manu Bhaker was the youngest Indian to win gold at the World Cup.

Manu Bhaker was born in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

Manu Bhaker's father Ram Kishan Bhaker is a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy.

Manu Bhaker's mother, Sumedha Bhaker, is a former school principal with a master's in Sanskrit, who hails from an educationist family of Kalali village in Charkhi Dadri.

Manu Bhaker did her schooling at Universal Higher Senior Secondary School in Goria, which was started by her grandfather Raj Karan.

Manu Bhaker earned several medals at the national games in these sports.

Manu Bhaker's mother provided guidance throughout her schooling, and introduced her to the Bhagavad Gita which helped Bhaker cope during her tense times.

At a young age of 15, Manu Bhaker became one of the top female shooters in India, winning multiple gold medals at the 2017 National games.

Manu Bhaker is pursuing a masters in Public Administration at DAV College, Chandigarh.

In 2016, Manu Bhaker started training with her first coach, Anil Jakhar and prepared for the junior world tournaments.

Manu Bhaker earned her first success at the international level when she won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.

Manu Bhaker won the gold medal in the Women's 10-meter air pistol, defeating Mexico's Alejandra Zavala, a two-time champion.

Manu Bhaker scored 237.5 the final match against Zavalaa, who scored 237.1.

Manu Bhaker won her second gold medal at the World Cup in the 10-meter Air Pistol mixed team event.

Manu Bhaker was paired with fellow countryman Om Prakash Mitharval.

At the Youth Olympics 2018, Manu Bhaker shot 236.5 to stand at the top of the points table in the women's 10m air pistol event.

The 16-year-old Manu Bhaker became the first shooter from India and the first female athlete from India to grab a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

Manu Bhaker partnered Saurabh Chaudhary in the mixed 10m air pistol team, but in spite of finishing the qualifying round with the highest score, she finished only eighth in the next round and missed the final.

At the 2022 Asian Games, Manu Bhaker won the team gold for India in the women's 25m pistol team event, along with Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan.

In 2023, Manu Bhaker re-united with her coach, Jaspal Rana, to prepare for the 2024 Olympics, and the reinstatement of Rana was supported by IOC president PT Usha.

Rana developed a rigorous training schedule for Manu Bhaker by replicating the routine of Olympic matches in their daily schedule.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals.

Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to win two medals at an Olympics since independence of India.

Manu Bhaker has credited her coach, Jaspal Rana for helping her win the double bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.