Manu Bhaker is an Indian professional shooter who rose to glory after representing India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup. She became the youngest Indian to win two gold medals at the World Cup and set a new Commonwealth Games record at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Let us know in detail about the personal and professional life of this young achiever.
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Biography/Wiki
Manu Bhakar was born on 18 February 2002 (age 21 years; as of 2023) in Goriya, a village in Jhajjar, Haryana. He studied at the Universal Public Senior Secondary School located in the same city.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Lovers
Born in a Jat family, Manu Bhakar’s father Ram Kishan Bhakar is a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy and mother Sumedha is a school teacher. He has a brother Akhil.
Manu Bhaker with his father, mother and brother.
livelihood
Before starting her career as a professional shooter, Manu Bhaker joined Virender Sehwag’s coaching school in Jhajjar and also took up boxing and kick-boxing. He quit boxing after injuring his eye while playing volleyball during a warm-up session.
From Tha-Thang to Judo, he enrolled himself in many other sports, but it did not interest him and he soon left the sport.
Eventually, she went to her school’s shooting range and casually took a pistol and fired a straight 7.5 shot. Since her first foray with the pistol, Manu Bhaker has been hailed as India’s next big shooting sensation.
His mentor is Jaspal Rana, who inspired him to take shooting seriously.
Manu Bhaker with his coach Jaspal Rana.
medal
Sleep
- In the 10 meter air pistol at the 2018 Guadalajara ISSF World Cup
- In the 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2018 Guadalajara ISSF World Cup
- 10 meter air pistol at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games
- 10 meter air pistol at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
- 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team at the 2019 New Delhi ISSF World Cup
- 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Beijing ISSF World Cup
- 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Munich ISSF World Cup
- In the 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Rio de Janeiro ISSF World Cup
- In 10 meter air pistol at the 2019 Doha Asian Shooting Championships
- 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Doha Asian Shooting Championships
- 10 m air pistol at the 2019 Putin China ISSF World Cup
- Women’s 25 meter air pistol team event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China
Manu Bhaker (right) with his team after winning the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games.
silver
- 10 meter air pistol mixed team at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games
Brass
- Women’s 25 meter pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Favorite
Manu Bhaker’s favorite shooters include her coach Jaspal Rana and Heena Sidhu.
He likes to eat salty rice, carrot raita and churma.
controversies
- After becoming the first Indian shooter to win gold at the Youth Olympics, Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij had tweeted that the Haryana government will give a cash prize of Rs. Rs 2 crore to Manu Bhaker. The pistol shooter is now in the news for posting a screenshot of Vij’s tweet in which he has promised him a cash reward and asked whether it was really a promise or just a few phrases. This started a controversy and the Sports Minister got angry.
Manu Bhaker’s tweet, question on Anil Vij.
- After her unsuccessful exit from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the rift between Manu Bhaker and Jaspal Rana came to light in the media when Bhaker alleged that Rana did not treat her well when she was preparing for the Olympics.
fact
- Manu Bhakar was born in Goriya, a small village in Jhajjar, Haryana, to a Merchant Navy Chief Engineer.
- Manu Bhaker’s parents consider her to be a very brave and courageous girl.
- Her hobbies include needlework, bungee-jumping and ice-skating.
- Before choosing shooting as a career, Manu Bhaker had turned to many other sports ranging from judo, kick-boxing, tha-thang to cricket.
- Manu’s father still doubts whether she will continue her career in shooting in the future.
- In the 2017 National Games held in Kerala, she won 9 gold medals and defeated Heena Sidhu by scoring 242.3 points, breaking Heena Sidhu’s record of 240.8 points.
- At the 2018 International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Manu Bhaker defeated Alejandra Zavala (two-time champion) of Mexico and won the gold medal in the women’s 10 m air pistol. She also became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal in the World Cup.
- Manu Bhaker set a new Commonwealth Games record of 240.9 points at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
- In January 2019, she got involved in a war of words with Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij on Twitter; In respect of his promise to give him a cash prize of Rs. Rs 2 crore from Haryana Government.
- She broke the junior world record with her score of 244.7 to win the gold medal in 10 m air pistol at the 2019 Putian China ISSF World Cup.
- On 4 December 2021, she was crowned women’s 10 meter air pistol champion for the second consecutive time at the 64th National Shooting Championship.
- Manu Bhaker competed at the 2023 Asian Games, where she won a gold medal in the women’s 25 meter air pistol team event; However, in the women’s individual 25 meter air pistol event, she finished 5th with 21 points.
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