Manu Bakker’s family
Manu Bhaker was born on February 18, 2002 in Goria, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India. , but Manu Bhaker has also been inclined towards sports since his school days. She participated in several sports such as tennis, skating, boxing and Huyen langlon (a form of martial arts from Manipur) and won national level awards. However, it was during filming that Manu Bhaker finally found his true calling.
According to reports, Manu’s father Ram Kishan Bhaker is the chief engineer of a merchant ship. It was her father who invested 150,000 rupees in her to support her learning competitive shooting.
She lives with her parents – father Ram Kishan Bhaker, mother Sumedha Bhaker and brother Akhil Bhaker.
According to reports, she studied at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University (LSR-DU).
Manu’s first win at the international level was a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.
Over the years, Manu Bhaker has won several awards and recognitions including the 2018 Youth Olympics gold medal, the 2021 ISSF Junior World Championship gold medal, and many more.
She was also awarded the prestigious Arjuna Shooting Award in 2020.
Manu Bakker at the Olympics
Manu Bhaker made history today by winning a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but it didn’t come easy for her.
Manu represented India in the shooting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, she failed to reach the finals at that time. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is also her first time participating in the Olympics.
“Tokyo is one of the most painful memories of my life… I had no confidence in Tokyo. I had doubts about myself and my ability to win, and I put pressure on myself to win – that feeling that, no matter what, I had to Winning. That became my only goal but I missed a lot and I was not happy and I had given up everything,” Manu told The Indian Express earlier.
Photo: Manu Bhaker/ Instagram
But now, by winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, she seeks redemption from her past. Three years later, at the 2024 Paris Olympics, her attitude changed.
Talking about this, she told The Indian Express in an interview before the final, “You have to be brave enough to face (these situations). You cannot be mar mar ke, dar dar ke, jaise taise kar loon. Bhagwan bas bacha le. You can’t do that, I shouldn’t beg… Now my thing is I have to enjoy it, I have to be brave, then the result can be the same.
Manu Bhaker was coached by Jaspal Rana, who is undoubtedly very proud of who she and 1.3 billion Indians are today!
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