MANU BHAKER BIOGRAPHY (INDIAN INTERNATION SHOOTER)

Manu Bhasker

SHE was born on 18 February 2002 in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana Her father, Ram Kishan Bhasker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14, she excelled in other sports like Huyen Langlo, a Manipuri martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events               

Manu Bhasker (born 18 February 2002) is an Indian Olympian who competes in shooting. She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. First, she opened the Indian account in the Paris 2024 winning a bronze in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event, which made her the first woman shooter from India to win a medal at any Olympic Then she partnered with Sarabjit Singh in the 10m air pistol mixed event to win another bronze medal for India, becoming first Indian woman to win 2 Medals at an Olympics and also the first Indian to win 2 Medals at an Olympics in 124 years.

Previously, she won a gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the age of 16. Earlier, she had also become the youngest Indian to win a gold at ISSF World Cup in 2018

Manu Bhasker was born on 18 February 2002 in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana Her father, Ram Kishan Bhasker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14, she excelled in other sports like Huyen Langlo, a Manipuri martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events

With an investment of ₹1,50,000 by her father, Bhasker 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, Bhasker won nine gold Medas and defeated multiple World Cup medalist Heena Sidhu and broke Sidhu’s record of 240.8 points, scoring 242.3 points in the final

In the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup held at Guadalajara, Mexico. Bhasker won the gold medal in the Women’s 10-meter air pistol, defeating Mexico’s Alejandra Zavala, a two-time champion. [ scored 237.5 the final match against Zavalza, who scored 237.1. By winning the gold medal at age 16, Bhasker became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the World Cup.

Bhasker won her second gold medal at the World Cup in the 10-meter Air Pistol mixed team event. She was paired with fellow countryman Om Prakash Mith Arval. The pair shot a score of 476.1 points, defeating Sandra Reitz and Christian Reitz who scored 475.2

Bhasker 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.

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 Sanobar clinched the Gold in this event.

At the Youth Olympics 2018, Manu Bhasker 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.

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.

She won the team gold for India in the women’s 25m pistol team event at the 2022 Asian Games, along with Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan.

She won the bronze medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and became the first woman shooter from India to win a medal at the Olympics.

year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2020	Olympic Games	Tokyo	10m air pistol women	12th	575
			25m pistol women	15th	582
			10m air pistol mixed team	7th	Stage 1: 582; Stage 2: 380
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	10m air pistol women		Qualification: 580Final: 221.7

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2018	ISSF World Championships	Changwon	10m air pistol women	13th	Score:574
			Mixed team 10m air pistol women	12th	Score:767
			25m pistol women	10th	Score:584

year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2018	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires	10m air pistol women		Score:576; Final:236.5
			Mixed team 10m air pistol		score:751; Final:3

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2021	ISSF Junior World Championships	Lima	10m air pistol women		Score:574; Final:241.3

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2018	Junior World Cup	Sydney	10-meter air pistol women		Score:570; Final:235.9
			Mixed team 10m pistol air		Score:770; Final:478.9
			25m pistol women	4th	Score:574; Final:18
		Suhl	10m air pistol women		Score:573; Final:242.5
			25m pistol women	5th	Score:579; Final:19
			Mixed team 10m air pistol		Score:766; Final:474.4

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2021	ISSF World Cup	New Delhi	10m air pistol women		Score:577; Final:236.7
2019	ISSF World Cup	Putin	10m air pistol women		Score:578; Final:244.7
	ISSF World Cup	Munich	10m air pistol women	4th	Score:582; Final:201.0
		New Delhi	10m air pistol women	14th	Score:573
		Beijing	10m air pistol women	17th	Score:575
2018	ISSF World Cup	Guadalajara	10m air pistol women		Score:772; Final:337.5
		Changwon	10m air pistol women	30th	Score:571
		Munich	10m air pistol women	47th	Score:567

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2018	ISSF World Cup	Guadalajara	25m pistol women	5th	Score:581; Final:19
2019	ISSF World Cup	New Delhi	25m pistol women	5th	Score:590; Final:22
		Munich	25m pistol women	5th	Score:585; Final:21
		Beijing	25m pistol women	17th	score:82

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Rank	Score
2021	ISSF World Cup	New Delhi	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:384; Final:16
2019	ISSF World Cup Final	Putin	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:387; Final:17
	ISSF World Cup	New Delhi	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:778; Final:483.4
		Beijing	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:482; Final:16
		Munich	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:591; Final:17
2018	ISSF World Cup	Guadalajara	Mixed 10m air pistol		Score:770; Final:476.1
		Changwon	Mixed 10m air pistol	4th	Score:778; Final:378.6
		Munich	Mixed 10m air pistol	34th	Score:758