Manu Bhaker

Manu Bhaker is the youngest shooter to bag gold at the ISSF World Cup. She is also the first Indian shooter and first female Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. She has won a total of 14 gold medals and 2 silver medals at the ISSF World Cup. At the age of 16, she burst on to the international scene, competing in the 10m air pistol events of the ISSF World Cup and made everyone shellshocked with her exuberance and aplomb. The player joined with Saurabh Chaudhry was considered the toughest competition for the rest of the world in 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo. However, the same got cancelled due to the outspread of Coronavirus.

Here are some of her career achievements:

• In 2017, Manu won a silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships and also bagged nine gold medals at the National Games, showing flashes of brilliance in the shooting.
• At the ISSF World Cup of 2018, Manu clinched two gold medals through her power-pack performance in the women's 10 m air pistol and the 10 m air pistol mixed team event.
• At the Commonwealth Games of 2018, Manu scored 388/400 points at the qualifying round of the women's 10m air pistol event and bagged a gold medal in the finals, setting a new Commonwealth record of 240.9 points.
• At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, she clinched one gold medal in 10m air pistol event and one silver medal in 10m air pistol mixed team event, held in Buenos Aires.
• In 2019, she bagged two gold medals in 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event at the 2019 Asian Shooting Championships.
• At the 2019 ISSF World Cup, she earned a total of five gold medals in which four were in 10m air pistol mixed team event and one in 10m air pistol event, in different tournaments which were held in New Delhi, Beijing, Munich, Rio de Janeiro and Putian, China.