Paris Olympics 2024: All You Need To Know About Olympic Medalist Manu Bakher
Akash Yadav
29-07-2024, 11:40 IST
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Manu Bakher has inked her name in history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a bronze in the Paris Olympics 2024. Here is all you need to know about her. Tap to check!
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Paris Olympics 2024
Manu Bhaker won bronze in the 10-metre air pistol event at the Paris Olympics 2024 and became the first Indian woman to do so.
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Born and brought up
Manu Bhaker was born on 18 February 2002 in Goria, Jhajjar district, Haryana. Since her school days, she has been active in sports.
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Starting
Started with skating and boxing, She also thrived in a martial art known as 'thang ta,' earning national-level medals
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Interest Development
Manu Bhaker developed an interest in shooting at 14 after watching the Rio Olympics 2016.
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Journey Start
After this, she asked her father to buy her a sports shooting pistol to practice, which marked the start of her journey
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Commonwealth Games
She set a new record for winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Youth Olympics
She also won a gold medal at the Air Pistol event at the 2018 Youth Olympics 2018 becoming the first Indian ever to do so
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25m air pistol
Manu is still in the Paris Olympics for the 25 Metre air pistol event which is scheduled later in the event.
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