Paris – Indian shooter Manu Bhaker headlined the opening day proceedings at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday. 22 years Manu won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the women’s 10 metre air pistol event, which was India’s first medal of those Olympics and made her the first woman shooter from India to win a medal at any Olympics.
She won a gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at 16 and also became the youngest Indian to win a gold at ISSF World Cup.Manu Bhaker was born in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. Her father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14, she excelled in other sports like Huyen langlon, a Manipuri martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events.
