Manu Bhaker : Olympic 2024
Manu Bhaker won a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
- The Olympic Victory is the first medal for India at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the first Olympic medal in shooting for India since the London 2012 Games.
- Manu, who hails from Jhajjar, Haryana, is the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal.
- She also became the first female shooter to reach an Olympic final in an individual event in the last 20 years.
- Manu Bhaker is the fifth Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal, following Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004 Athens), Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing), Vijay Kumar (2012 London), and Gagan Narang (2012 London).
