Bollywood Congratulates Manu Bhaker: Bollywood celebrities have congratulated Manu Bhaker on her victory, who made India proud by winning the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event at the Paris Olympics.
Preeti Zinta
Preity Zinta shared Manu Bhaker’s photo and wrote, “Congratulations to Manu Bhaker on winning the first medal for India in shooting at the Paris Olympics 2024.”
kriti kharbanda
Kriti Kharbanda also expressed her happiness while sharing the news of Manu Bhaker winning the bronze medal. She has shared a video of Manu.
Raj Kumar Rao
Rajkumar Rao shared an Instagram story and wrote, “Congratulations Manu Bhaker, we are all proud of you.”
Jackie Shroff
Commenting on Manu’s success, Jackie Shroff wrote, ‘Account opened…Manu Bhaker won bronze medal in 10 meter air pistol event. India’s first medal in Paris Olympics’.
Kangana Ranaut posted the video
Actress and BJP MP Manu Bhaker posted the video and wrote, ‘India’s first medal. These Hindu daughters’.
siddharth malhotra
Actor Sidharth Malhotra called Manu a star and wrote, ‘Congratulations Manu. You are a star. What a great start for India’.
India last won a medal in shooting at the London Olympics in 2012
Let us tell you that India last won a medal in shooting at the London Olympics in 2012. Rapid-fire pistol shooter Vijay Kumar won silver and Gangan Narang won bronze. Manu Bhaker was disqualified in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics due to a defect in the pistol, but her hard work and determination got her a bronze medal in Paris.
Manu Bhaker is the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal
Manu tried her hand at sports like tennis, skating and boxing during her school days. Apart from this, she was also very good at a form of martial arts. After the 2016 Rio Olympics, at the age of just 14, she entered the world of shooting and became very interested in this sport. Manu’s father suggested her to take up shooting as a sport. This decision of Manu’s father Ram Kishan Bhakar, who was always supportive of his daughter, led Manu to the Olympics and on Sunday she won a historic medal.
At the 2017 National Shooting Championships, Manu stunned Olympian and former world number one Heena Sidhu to win the 10m air pistol final with a record score of 242.3. She then won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.
After this, Manu made her mark at the international level. Making her debut at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico, she broke the junior world record in the qualification round and made it to the women’s 10m air pistol final and also managed to win the gold medal. At the age of just 16, she became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.
