On July 28, Manu Bhaker accomplished one of the greatest feats in her career when she won her first medal – a bronze at the forthcoming 2024 Paris Olympics in air pistol shooting.
2023 Asian Shooting Championships saw her making another Olympic qualification after finishing fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event.
“Focus on karma, not the consequences of karma. That’s what worked in my mind. I thought, ‘Do your thing and that’s it,'” Realizing your actions are a product of karma takes away all anxiety about consequences. Removing ego demands accountability for results hence focus will be shifted to doing good only. Take this as if you were planting seeds; concentrate on making soil fertile and carefully sow them such that you never know what would come out of it. Only focusing on what one does with intention and integrity helps relieve anxiety from desired outcomes. This way of thinking allows one to act with clarity and purpose, thus freeing him or herself from the expectations of others so that life runs its course.
Manu Bhaker was born in Haryana as a girl but tried shooting when she turned fourteen years old. She chose to give shooting a shot within seven days.
Here’s her journey through air pistol:
- Manu Bhaker was born in Jhajar, Haryana on 2002
- In school, she liked sports like tennis, skating, boxing etc.She has also been awarded national medals for martial art “thang ta.”
- She surpassed Heena Sindhu by scoring 242.3 points in National Shooting Championship held in 2017.
- Silver medal winner-Asian Youth championships (2017)
- Recently, she made his debut at International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup Guadalajara Mexico where he broke junior world record.
- She became first Indian shooter who won gold medal in the 10m air pistol at the Youth Olympics.
- At the 2016 Tokyo Olympics her pistol jammed during 10 m air pistol qualification and she did not manage to win a medal.
