Manu Bhaker

Manu Bhaker
Personal information
Born18 February 2002 (2002-02-18) (age 22)
Goria, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's shooting
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympics 0 0 2
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 3
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 10m air pistol mixed team
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 sport shooter and Olympic medalist. She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She secured a bronze in the women's 10 metre air pistol event, becoming the first female shooter from India to win a medal at any Olympics.[1] Subsequently, she earned another bronze medal in the mixed 10 metre air pistol team event, becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals at an Olympics.[2][3][4]

Previously, Bhaker won a gold at the 2022 Asian Games in the women's 25m pistol team event.[5]. She earned her individual gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the women's 10m air pistol event, wherein she set a new Commonwealth Games record.[6] Earlier, she had become the youngest Indian to win a gold at ISSF World Cup in 2018 at the age of 16.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Manu Bhaker wins India's 1st medal of Paris Olympics 2024, a bronze in 10m air pistol". The Indian Express. 28 July 2024. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (30 July 2024). "Manu Bhaker makes history as she claims a second bronze medal with Sarabjot Singh in 10m air pistol mixed team". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Good News: Manu Bhaker creates history in Paris Olympics". India Today. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Trailblazer Manu Bhaker first Indian to win two medals at same Olympics post-Independence". The Times of India. 30 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Who is Manu Bhaker? Meet India's 1st woman shooter to bag Olympic bronze, who also knows the Gita by heart". The Economic Times. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b Dutt, Tushar (6 March 2018). "Haryana shooter creates history, is youngest Indian to win World Cup gold". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Who is Manu Bhaker? Meet 16-year-old Indian shooter who created history by winning second gold in World Cup". The Financial Express. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ^ Scott, Chris (8 April 2018). "16-year-old breaks Commonwealth Games record to win shooting gold for India". CNN. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

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