Manu Bhaker - Why Manu Bhaker could become India’s greatest Olympian?
By Neelajit Sarkar
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With her father being backbone to support her, She first tasted success at the international level when she won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.
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In the 2017 National games held at Kerala, Bhaker won nine gold medals and broke Sidhu's record of 240.8 points, scoring 242.3 points in the final.
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She represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup and won two gold medals.
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She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.
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She won the gold medal in women's 10 m air pistol event at 2018 Commonwealth Games just at the age of 16 in her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance.
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At the Youth Olympics 2018, 16-year-old Manu became the first shooter from India and the first female athlete from India to grab a Gold medal at the Youth Olympics games.
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In February 2019, She won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at 2019 ISSF World Cup in Delhi.
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In May 2019 she qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 10m pistol event via a fourth place finish at the Munich ISSF World Cup
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Manu baker ranked 2nd in 10m air pistol with 1758 rating and 7th in 25m air pistol category with 654, which makes a contingent to win Olympics 2020.
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Manu Bhaker will be competing in 3 categories (10m,25m,10m Mixed) at the Tokyo Olympics, therefore she has a chance to win 3 medals.