Manu Bhaker reached the final of the 10m shooting event on Saturday.
Haryana’s Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has reached the final of the 10 meter air pistol event at the Paris Olympics. She will play the final match today at 3:30 pm. Manu scored 580 out of 600 points in the qualification event and finished third among 45 shooters. Manu Bhaker
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Manu Bhaker’s father Ramkishan Bhaker said- ‘During the competition in Tokyo Olympics, the lever of Manu Bhaker’s pistol broke. This happens to one in 10 lakh people, but luck did not favor Manu, her 22 minutes were wasted. When the medal is in front of you and all these things happen, even the best of people break down.
Manu wanted to quit shooting in 2022. We asked her what she would do next? How long does it take to quit something? After this, Manu stood up again and today she is playing in the Olympics again.
Manu Bhaker with mother Sumedha and father Ram Kishan.
Won medal in skating
Manu Bhaker was born on 18 February 2002. Her father Ram Kishan Bhaker is in the Merchant Navy. Before shooting, Manu has tried herself in Karate, Thang Ta, Tanta, skating, swimming and tennis. Manu is a national medalist in Karate, Thang Ta and Tanta. She is a 3-time national champion in Tanta. She has won a state medal in skating. She has played swimming and tennis in school.
One day Manu was roaming in the shooting range with her father. Suddenly Manu started shooting. She hit the target number 10 right in the middle. Seeing this, her father encouraged Manu to shoot and bought her a gun. National coach Yashpal Rana taught Manu the tricks of shooting.
Worked hard for 8 hours daily, did not participate in any celebrations
Manu Bhaker has prepared a lot for the Paris Olympics. Manu used to practice for more than 8 hours every day. She used to sleep with a pistol near her pillow. Manu Bhaker has won about 20 medals including Youth Olympics, World Championship and Asian Games. To win a medal in the Olympics, she has neither attended any birthday party nor participated in anyone’s celebration for 4 years.
Manu’s mother Sumedha Bhaker says that “Manu cannot do anything more than this for the Olympic medal. If she does not win the medal now, she will lose faith even in God.”
This is how I got the Olympic quota
Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women’s 25m pistol at the 2022 Cairo World Championships and gold in the same event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. She won a silver medal in 25m shooting at the 2023 ISSF World Cup Championship in Bhopal.
Manu finished fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon and secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India.
Manu Bhaker with brother Akhil.
Manu’s achievements in shooting
- At the 2017 National Shooting Championship, Manu Bhaker stunned Olympian and former world number-1 Heena Sidhu by scoring a new record with a score of 242.3. With this, she defeated Heena in the final of the 10 meter air pistol. Apart from this, she won a silver medal in the 2017 Asian Junior Championship.
- Making her International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup debut in Guadalajara, Mexico, Manu Bhaker broke the junior world record in the qualification round to reach the women’s 10m air pistol final.
- In her debut, Manu won the gold medal ahead of Olympic gold medallist Anna Korakaki, three-time World Cup medallist Celine Goberville and local favourite Alejandra Zavala. Manu scored a total of 237.5 points to win the gold medal.
- Manu became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup at the age of just 16. Apart from this, she also hit gold in the mixed doubles event with her partner Om Prakash Mitherwal. Manu won gold medals in the individual and mixed team events in 10 meter air pistol.
- A month later, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, she set a new record by winning the gold medal in the Women’s 10 metre air pistol.
- After this, in her second ISSF Junior World Cup, she won another gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a bronze medal in the mixed team event, while she was out of the medal race in the 25 meter pistol event.
- Although she did not win a medal at the 2018 Asian Games, Manu Bhaker ended the year by creating history at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She won gold in the 10m air pistol and became the first Indian shooter to do so. Apart from this, Manu Bhaker became the first female Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympics.
- Manu Bhaker finished fourth at the 2019 Munich World Cup, securing an Olympic quota. She won gold and silver medals in 10m air pistol and bronze in 25m air pistol at the 2021 New Delhi ISSF World Cup.
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