Manu Bhaker

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Manu Bhaker
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Personal information
Born 18 February 2002 (2002-02-18) (age 22)
Goria, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's shooting
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympics 0 0 1
World Championships 1 1 0
Asian Games 1 0 0
World Cup 9 2 0
Youth Olympic Games 1 1 0
ISSF Junior World Championships 4 0 1
Commonwealth Games 1 0 0
Total 17 4 2
Olympic Games
Olympic rings with white rims.svg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 10 m air pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 25 m pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo 25 m pistol team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 25m pistol team
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Putian 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 Putian 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 New Delhi 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Beijing 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Munich 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rio de Janeiro 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 New Delhi 10 m air pistol mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 New Delhi 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10m air pistol mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bhopal 25m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Granada 10m air pistol
Asian Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol mixed team
Asian Airgun Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Taoyuan 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 Taoyuan Mixed team 10m air pistol
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 10 m air pistol
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 10 m air pistol mixed team
ISSF Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima 25 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lima 25 m air pistol
ISSF Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sydney 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suhl 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sydney Mixed team 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Suhl Mixed team 10m air pistol
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu 10 m air pistol team

Manu Bhaker (born 18 February 2002) is an Indian Olympian who competes in shooting. She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the women's 10 metre air pistol event, which was India's first medal of those Olympics and made her the first woman shooter from India to win a medal at any Olympics.[1] She won a gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at 16 and also became the youngest Indian to win a gold at ISSF World Cup.[2]

Early life

Manu Bhaker was born on 18 February 2002 in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana.[3] Her father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14, she excelled in other sports like Huyen langlon, a Manipuri martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events.[4][5]

Career

With an investment of ₹1,50,000 by her father,[4] Bhaker decided to take up competitive shooting. She first tasted success at the international level when she won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. In the 2017 National games held at Kerala, Bhaker won nine gold medals[6] and defeated multiple World Cup medalist Heena Sidhu and broke Sidhu's record of 240.8 points, scoring 242.3 points in the final.[4]

In the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup held at Guadalajara, Mexico. Bhaker won the gold medal in the Women's 10-meter air pistol, defeating Mexico's Alejandra Zavala, a two-time champion.[7] Bhaker scored 237.5 the final match against Zavalaa, who scored 237.1.[8] By winning the gold medal at age 16, Bhaker became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the World Cup.[2][9][10]

Bhaker won her second gold medal at the World Cup in the 10-meter Air Pistol mixed team event. She was paired with fellow countryman Om Prakash Mitharval. The pair shot a score of 476.1 points, defeating Sandra Reitz and Christian Reitz who scored 475.2.[11][12][13][14]

Bhaker scored 388/400 points at 2018 Commonwealth Games in women's 10m air pistol qualifying round and qualified for the finals. In the final round of the women's 10m air pistol event during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she secured the gold medal with setting a new Commonwealth Games record of 240.9 points.[15][16][17]

In 2018 Asian Games, she scored a game's record score of 593 in the qualification round of 25m Air pistol event. But she failed to win a medal there, as she finished 6th in the final. Eventually, her compatriot Rahi Sarnobat clinched the Gold in this event.

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 Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics is also the World Cup and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. The 16-year-old Manu became the first shooter from India and the first female athlete from India to grab a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

In February 2019 she won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at 2019 ISSF World Cup in Delhi.[18][19]

In May 2019 she qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 10m pistol event via a fourth place finish at the Munich ISSF World Cup. This came days after her pistol jammed in the finals of the 25m pistol event when she was leading, eventually forcing her to forfeit due to her gun not being able to fire.

In all the four Pistol & Rifle ISSF World Cups in 2019, she won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed event with Saurabh Chaudhry as her partner, making the pair a strong contender for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[20]

She won the team gold for India in the women's 25m pistol team event at the 2022 Asian Games, along with Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan.[21]

She won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and became the first woman shooter from India to win a medal at the Olympics.[22][23]

International career

Olympic Games

year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2020 Olympic Games Tokyo 10m air pistol women 12th 575
25m pistol women 15th 582
10m air pistol mixed team 7th Stage 1: 582; Stage 2: 380
2024 Olympic Games Paris 10m air pistol women 3rd Qualification: 580

Final : 221.7


World Championship

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2018 ISSF World Championships Changwon 10m air pistol women 13th Score:574
Mixed team 10m air pistol women 12th Score:767
25m pistol women 10th Score:584

Youth Olympics

year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 10m air pistol women 1st Score:576; Final:236.5
Mixed team 10m air pistol 2nd score:751; Final:3

Junior World Championship

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2021 ISSF Junior World Championships Lima 10m air pistol women 1st Score:574; Final:241.3

Junior World Cup

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2018 Junior World Cup Sydney 10-meter air pistol women 1st Score:570; Final:235.9
Mixed team 10m pistol air 1st Score:770; Final:478.9
25m pistol women 4th Score:574; Final:18
Suhl 10m air pistol women 1st Score:573; Final:242.5
25m pistol women 5th Score:579; Final:19
Mixed team 10m air pistol 2nd Score:766; Final:474.4

World Cup

10m air pistol Event

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi 10m air pistol women 2nd Score:577; Final:236.7
2019 ISSF World Cup Putian 10m air pistol women 1st Score:578; Final:244.7
ISSF World Cup Munich 10m air pistol women 4th Score:582; Final:201.0
New Delhi 10m air pistol women 14th Score:573
Beijing 10m air pistol women 17th Score:575
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara 10m air pistol women 1st Score:772; Final:337.5
Changwon 10m air pistol women 30th Score:571
Munich 10m air pistol women 47th Score:567

25m Pistol Event

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara 25m pistol women 5th Score:581; Final:19
2019 ISSF World Cup New Delhi 25m pistol women 5th Score:590; Final:22
Munich 25m pistol women 5th Score:585; Final:21
Beijing 25m pistol women 17th score:82

Mixed Team Event

Year Competition Venue Event Rank Score
2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:384; Final:16
2019 ISSF World Cup Final Putian Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:387; Final:17
ISSF World Cup New Delhi Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:778; Final:483.4
Beijing Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:482; Final:16
Munich Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:591; Final:17
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara Mixed 10m air pistol 1st Score:770; Final:476.1
Changwon Mixed 10m air pistol 4th Score:778; Final:378.6
Munich Mixed 10m air pistol 34th Score:758

References

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External links

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