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Manu Bhaker Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

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Caste: Jat
Hometown: Jhajjar, Haryana
Age: 21 Years

Manu Bhaker

Bio/Wiki
ProfessionSportsperson (Shooter)
Famous ForWinning a Gold Medal and setting a new Commonwealth Games record at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)in centimeters- 163 cm
in meters- 1.63 m
in feet inches- 5’ 4”
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Shooting
Event(s)• 10 m Air Pistol
• 25 m Air Pistol
Coach/MentorJaspal Rana
MedalsGold
• In 10 m air pistol at the 2018 Guadalajara ISSF World Cup
• In 10 m air pistol mixed team at the 2018 Guadalajara ISSF World Cup
• In 10 m air pistol at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games
• In 10 m air pistol at the 2018 Goldcoast Commonwealth games
• In 10 m air pistol mixed team at the 2019 New Delhi ISSF World Cup
• In 10m air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Beijing ISSF World Cup
• In 10m air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Munich ISSF World Cup
• In 10m air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Rio de Janeiro ISSF World Cup
• In 10m air pistol at the 2019 Doha Asian Shooting Championships
• In 10 m air pistol mixed team at the 2019 Doha Asian Shooting Championships
• In 10m air pistol at the 2019 Putian China ISSF World Cup

Silver
• In 10 m air pistol mixed team at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games

Bronze
• In the women's 25m pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Records (main ones)• Youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup (at the 2018 ISSF World Cup)
• Second Youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games)
• At the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she set a new Commonwealth Games record of 240.9 points
• She broke the junior world record with her score 244.7 to win a gold medal in 10m air pistol at the 2019 Putian China ISSF World Cup
• In December 2021, she was crowned the women's 10m air pistol champion for the second successive time at the 64th National Shooting Championship. [1]The Times of India
Personal Life
Date of Birth18 February 2002
Age (as of 2023)21 Years
BirthplaceGoria village, Jhajjar, Haryana
Zodiac signAquarius
NationalityIndian
HometownJhajjar, Haryana
SchoolUniversal Public Senior Secondary School, Jhajjar, Haryana
ReligionHinduism
CasteJat
HobbiesDoing needle-work, bungee-jumping, ice-skating
Controversies• On 4 January 2019, she posted screenshots of Haryana sports minister Anil Vij' tweet in which he had promised her cash award of ₹2 crore on behalf of the Haryana government. Later, the minister slammed her for creating controversy over prize money.
Manu Bhaker’s Tweet On Anil Vij

• After her exit from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bhaker revealed that Jaspal Rana's attitude towards her was not good. Reportedly, before the commencement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the rift between Manu Bhaker and Jaspal Rana had been going on for a long time, and Bhaker had also supported NRAI's decision to relieve Rana from coaching duties ahead of Tokyo Olympics. [2]India Today
Boys, Affairs & More
Marital StatusUnmarried
Affairs/BoyfriendsNot Known
Family
ParentsFather- Ram Kishan Bhaker (a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy)
Mother- Sumedha (a school teacher)
Manu Bhaker With Her Parents And Brother
SiblingsBrother- Akhil (image in the Parents' section)
Sister- None
Favourites
Shooter(s)Jaspla Rana, Heena Sidhu
Food(s)Namkeen Rice, Gajjar Ka Raita, Choorma

Manu Bhaker

Some Lesser Known Facts About Manu Bhaker

  • Manu Bhaker was born to a Merchant Navy Chief Engineer in a village in the Jhajjar district of Haryana.
  • She has a great inclination towards sport since her childhood.

    A Hoarding At the Rooftop of Manu Bhaker's School

    A Hoarding At the Rooftop of Manu Bhaker’s School

  • Before joining Pistol Shooting, she was interested in Cricket and had also joined Virender Sehwag‘s coaching school in Jhajjar.

    Virender Sehwag's Cricket Academy

    Virender Sehwag’s Cricket Academy

  • Earlier, she also used to do Boxing and Kick-Boxing as well. She was inspired by Mary Kom‘s Olympic bronze.

    Mary Kom's Olympic Bronze

    Mary Kom’s Olympic Bronze

  • She decided to quit boxing after she had a swollen eye while playing volleyball as a warm-up routine for boxing.
  • Then, Manu Bhaker switched to Thang-Ta, a popular martial art form of Manipur.
  • Soon, she also left Thang-Ta, after she was robbed of a medal during a tournament in Delhi.
  • The next day of quitting Thang-Ta, Manu Bhaker enrolled at a judo academy near Dadri. However, it didn’t excite her as much, and she left Judo also.
  • Then on one day, she visited her school’s shooting range and casually took a pistol and straightaway shot 7.5. The coach was astonished as it normally takes 6-months to a year to shoot so accurately.

    Manu Bhaker in the shooting range

    Manu Bhaker in the shooting range

  • Since her first tryst with a pistol, Manu Bhaker has been raved about as India’s next big shooting sensation.
  • With her father’s ₹1.5 lakh investment to undergo competitive shooting, Manu’s first international success came in 2017 when she won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.
  • At the 2017 National games held in Kerala, she won 9 gold medals, there, she also defeated Heena Sidhu (multiple World Cup medalist), and also broke Sidhu’s record of 240.8 points, scoring 242.3 points in the final.

    Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu (Right)

    Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu (Right)

  • At the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Manu Bhaker defeated Mexico’s Alejandra Zavala (a two-time champion) and won the gold medal in the Women’s 10-meter air pistol. She also became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the World Cup.

  • At the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Manu Bhaker set a new Commonwealth Games record of 240.9 points.
  • Manu Bhaker’s parents say that she is such an adventurous and fearless girl that once during a bungee-jumping in Shimla, she didn’t even wait for the instructor’s advice to jump off the platform.
  • During an interview, she revealed that she hates talking about her chances of being on the podium.
  • Manu’s father is not fully convinced that she would stick to shooting forever. He further says, “I wouldn’t be surprised if she tells me one day that she wants to quit the sport, even if she has won an Olympic medal. Woh alag type ki ladki hai.”

    Manu Bhaker With Her Father

    Manu Bhaker With Her Father

  • Here’s an interesting video about Manu Bhaker’s biography:

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