Manu Bhaker

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Manu Bhaker
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Bhaker at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney, 2018
Personal information
Born18 February 2002 (2002-02-18) (age 22)
Goria, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India
EducationBA 2 nd Year
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's shooting
Event1st2nd3rd
World Cup 920
Youth Olympic Games 110
ISSF Junior World Championships 401
Commonwealth Games 100
Total1531
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Baku 25 m pistol team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Cairo 25 m pistol team
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Putian China 10m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Putian China 10m air pistol mixed team
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 New Delhi 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Beijing 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Munich 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rio de Janeiro 10m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 New Delhi 10 m air pistol mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 New Delhi 10m air pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Osijek 10m air pistol mixed team
Asian Shooting Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol mixed team
Asian Airgun Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Taoyuan Taiwan 10m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Taoyuan Taiwan Mixed team 10m air pistol
Commonwealth games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Goldcoast 10 m air pistol
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires 10 m air pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires 10 m air pistol mixed team
ISSF Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lima 10 m air pistol mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lima 25 m air pistol team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Lima 25 m air pistol
ISSF Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Sydney 10m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Suhl 10m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018Sydney Mixed team 10m air pistol
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Suhl Mixed team 10m air pistol
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Chengdu 10 m air pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Chengdu 10 m air pistol team

Manu Bhaker is an Indian Olympian who competes at shooting, supported by OGQ. She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup. [1] She won the gold medal in women's 10 m air pistol event at 2018 Commonwealth Games just at the age of 16 in her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance. [2] [3] She won the team gold for India in the women’s 25m pistol team event at the Asian Games, along with Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan. [4]

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Early life

She is from Goria village in the Haryana district of Jhajjar. Her father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14 Manu Bhaker 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. [5]

Career

With an investment of 150000 by her father, [5] 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. [5]

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. Bhaker scored 237.5 the final match against Zavalaa, who scored 237.1. [7] By winning the gold medal at age 16, Bhaker became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the World Cup. [1] [8]

Bhaker won her second gold medal at the World Cup in the 10-meter Air Pistol mixed team event. She was paired with fellow countrymen Om Prakash Mitharval. The pair shot a score of 476.1 points, defeating Sandra Reitz and Christian Reitz who scored 475.2. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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. [13] [14] [15]

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. [16] [17]

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. [18]

International career

Olympic Games

yearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2020 Olympic Games Tokyo 10m air pistol women 12thScore:575
25m pistol women 15thScore:582
10m air pistol mixed team 7thStage 1: 582; Stage 2: 380

World Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2018 ISSF World Championships Changwon 10m air pistol women 13thScore:574
Mixed team 10m air pistol women 12thScore:767
25m pistol women 10thScore:584

Youth Olympics

yearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 10m air pistol women Gold medal icon.svgScore:576; Final:236.5
Mixed team 10m air pistol Silver medal icon.svgscore:751; Final:3

Junior World Championship

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2021 ISSF Junior World Championships Lima 10m air pistol women Gold medal icon.svgScore:574; Final:241.3

Junior World Cup

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2018 Junior World Cup Sydney 10-meter air pistol womenGold medal icon.svgScore:570; Final:235.9
Mixed team 10m pistol air Gold medal icon.svgScore:770; Final:478.9
25m pistol women 4thScore:574; Final:18
Suhl 10m air pistol women Gold medal icon.svgScore:573; Final:242.5
25m pistol women 5thScore:579; Final:19
Mixed team 10m air pistol Silver medal icon.svgScore:766; Final:474.4

World Cup

10m air pistol Event

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi 10m air pistol women Silver medal icon.svgScore:577; Final:236.7
2019 ISSF World Cup Putian 10m air pistol women Gold medal icon.svgScore:578; Final:244.7
ISSF World Cup Munich 10m air pistol women 4thScore:582; Final:201.0
New Delhi 10m air pistol women 14thScore:573
Beijing 10m air pistol women 17thScore:575
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara 10m air pistol women Gold medal icon.svgScore:772; Final:337.5
Changwon 10m air pistol women 30thScore:571
Munich 10m air pistol women 47thScore:567

25m Pistol Event

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara 25m pistol women 5thScore:581; Final:19
2019 ISSF World Cup New Delhi 25m pistol women 5thScore:590; Final:22
Munich 25m pistol women 5thScore:585; Final:21
Beijing 25m pistol women 17thscore:82

Mixed Team Event

YearCompetitionVenueEventRankScore
2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:384; Final:16
2019 ISSF World Cup Final Putian Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:387; Final:17
ISSF World Cup New Delhi Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:778; Final:483.4
Beijing Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:482; Final:16
Munich Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:591; Final:17
2018 ISSF World Cup Guadalajara Mixed 10m air pistol Gold medal icon.svgScore:770; Final:476.1
Changwon Mixed 10m air pistol 4thScore:778; Final:378.6
Munich Mixed 10m air pistol 34thScore:758

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