Paris Olympics 2024: Who Is Manu Bhaker, First Indian Woman Shooter To Win Olympics Medal

Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the Women’s 10m air pistol event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, earning India's ...

Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the Women’s 10m air pistol event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, earning India’s first medal at these games.
She finished the final round with a score of 221.7.
She almost competed for the gold medal but missed it by just 0.1 points in the sixth shoot-off, leading her to finish in third place.
But now she became India’s first shooter to win an Olympic medal in 12 years when she clinched a bronze at Paris 2024.

First Let’s talk about Manu Bhaker, the young shooting star who has done it once more, dazzling the world with her incredible talent and securing another major victory.
Manu Bhaker comes from Jhajjar in Haryana, a state famous for its boxers and wrestlers. During her school years, Manu was very active in sports and played tennis, skating, and boxing.
She also took part in a martial art called ‘thang ta,’ where she won medals at the national level.
However, she found her true passion in shooting.

When Manu Bhaker was 14, right after the 2016 Rio Olympics, she decided to try shooting on a whim and immediately loved it.
Within a week, she convinced her father to buy her a sport shooting pistol so she could practice and improve.

Later, her supportive father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, agreed and bought the gun. This important decision helped set Manu Bhaker on the path to her Olympic dreams. After the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Manu became the junior world champion in the women’s 10m air pistol in Lima and kept winning medals in junior events. However, she has had a hard time matching her early success in senior competitions since 2021.

Her only individual senior win was a bronze medal in the women’s 25m pistol event at the Bhopal leg of the 2023 ISSF World Cup series.
She secured a spot for the Paris 2024 Olympics by finishing fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships in Changwon.

Now let me know Bhaker’s achievements at Paris Olympics 2024
-Manu Bhaker is the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal since 2012.
-Now she became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal in Paris.
-She also became the first female shooter to reach an individual Olympic final in twenty years.
-Manu is also known as India’s first-ever Olympic medallist in the 10m air pistol event.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Manu Bhaker and congratulated her for winning India’s first medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He said “I’m thrilled about your success. You missed silver by just 0.1 points, but you’ve made India proud,
You’re the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal. Great job, and you’ve made up for the Tokyo Olympics”

Manu’s story shows the power of hard work and passion. She inspires many young athletes who dream of achieving great things.
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