Jhajjar’s golden girl Manu Bhakar, who has illuminated the name of India in the shooting world, has applied for the Padma Shri Award this time. Manu, who has already received the highest sports honor of the country like Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Major Dhyanchand Award
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Recently Manu Bhakar has gone to the Asian Championship to be held in Kazakhstan. Which is being held today from 16 August to 30 August. Along with this, Manu Bhaker is also preparing for the world to be held in India in 2027-2028.
India will host the ISSF World Cup and Junior Shooting World Championship in the year 2027-28. Both shooting events will be held in New Delhi. Competition will be held in rifles, pistols and shot-gun games. Manu Bhakar’s parents say that they are proud that they have given birth to a daughter who is an icon for the youth of the country.
Photo of shooting time.
Apart from shooting, Manu also knows to play tennis
Manu Bhakar was born on 18 February 2002 in village Goria in Jhajjar district of Haryana state. His father is an officer in the Navy and his mother is a housewife. However, she used to teach in school in village Goria. Manu’s personal coach is Jaspal Singh Rana. In addition to shooting Manu, tennis, boxing, skating, karate and archery games also play.
Paris Olympics I won double bronze medals
Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals in single and team competition at the Olympic Games held in Paris in 2024. Prior to that, Manu Bhaker has also won a gold medal and a silver medal at the Youth Olympics held in 2018 at the international level.
At the same time, in 2018, Manu Bhaker won the gold medal in ISSF and the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event in the Common Wealth Games of 2018. Manu Bhaker has won a gold and a silver medal at the 2022 World Shooting Championship and a gold medal at the 25m team event in the Asian Championship of 2023.
Photo of Manu Bhakar during shooting.
Sports management will do course
Recently, Manu Bhakar has also made up his mind to complete his studies, Manu’s father Ramkishan Bhakar said that Manu is going to enroll for a sports management course at IIM College, Rohtak after coming from the Asian Championship. Manu had studied her BA from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi and has studied MA from Punjab University.