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 | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age| 18 February 2002}}
 | birth_place = Goria, [[Jhajjar district]], Haryana, India
 | education = BA 2 nd Year
 | alma_mater =
 | sport = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]
 |hight = 168 cm
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 | [[Commonwealth Games]] | 1 | 0 | 0
 }}
+{{Medal|Competition | [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] }}
+{{MedalGold|[[2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2023 Baku]]|{{nowrap|25 m pistol team}}}}
+{{Medal|Silver| [[2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2022 Cairo]] | 25 m pistol team }}
 {{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Cup]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[ISSF World Cup|2019 Putian China]]|[[ISSF World Cup|10m air pistol]]}}
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 {{MedalGold|[[ISSF Junior World Cup|2018 Suhl]]|[[ISSF Senior World Cup|10m air pistol]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[ISSF Junior World Cup|2018Sydney]]|[[2018 ISSF Junior World Cup|Mixed team 10m air pistol]]}}
-{{MedalSilver|[[ISSF Junior World Cup|2018 Suhl]]|[[2018 ISSF Junior World Cup|Mixed team 10m air pistol]]}}}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[ISSF Junior World Cup|2018 Suhl]]|[[2018 ISSF Junior World Cup|Mixed team 10m air pistol]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition | [[Shooting at the Summer Universiade|World University Games]] }}
+{{MedalGold | [[Shooting at the 2021 Summer World University Games|2021 Chengdu]] | 10 m air pistol }}
+{{MedalGold | 2021 Chengdu | 10 m air pistol team}}
+}}
-'''Manu Bhaker''' is an Indian Olympian who competes at [[airgun]] [[Shooting sports|shooting]]. She represented India at the 2018 [[ISSF World Cup]] and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.<ref name=timesofindia/> 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. <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/08/sport/16-year-old-manu-bhaker-wins-shooting-gold/index.html|title=16-year-old breaks Commonwealth Games record to win shooting gold for India|first=Chris |last=Scott|date=8 April 2018|work=CNN|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Bindra: Manu's talented but it will get tougher for her |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/23074321/manu-bhaker-talented-get-tougher-her |access-date=9 April 2018 |work=ESPN |date=8 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
+'''Manu Bhaker''' is an [[India]]n Olympian who competes at [[Shooting sports|shooting]]. She represented India at the 2018 [[ISSF World Cup]] and won two gold medals. She is the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup.<ref name=timesofindia/> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/08/sport/16-year-old-manu-bhaker-wins-shooting-gold/index.html|title=16-year-old breaks Commonwealth Games record to win shooting gold for India|first=Chris |last=Scott|date=8 April 2018|work=CNN|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Bindra: Manu's talented but it will get tougher for her |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/23074321/manu-bhaker-talented-get-tougher-her |access-date=9 April 2018 |work=ESPN |date=8 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref> She won the team gold for India in the women’s 25m pistol team event at the [[Asian Games]], along with [[Esha Singh]] and [[Rhythm Sangwan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Philem Dipak |date=2023-09-27 |title=Asian Games: Indian trio bags gold in women's 25m pistol event |url=https://theprint.in/sport/indian-trio-shoots-gold-in-womens-25m-pistol-event/1779659/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Early life==
 She is from Goria village in the Haryana district of Jhajjar.
-Her father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14 Bhaker excelled in other sports like [[Huyen langlon]], a [[Manipur]]i martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events.<ref name="indianexpress">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/manu-jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-one-wins-25m-pistol-gold-at-world-cup-5087354/ |title=Manu Bhaker, jack of all trades but master of one, wins 10m pistol gold at World Cup |date=6 March 2018 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=10 March 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
+Her father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy. Until the age of 14 Manu Bhaker excelled in other sports like [[Huyen langlon]], a [[Manipur]]i martial art, as well as boxing, tennis and skating, winning medals at the national games in these events.<ref name="indianexpress">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/manu-jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-one-wins-25m-pistol-gold-at-world-cup-5087354/ |title=Manu Bhaker, jack of all trades but master of one, wins 10m pistol gold medal at World Cup |date=6 March 2018 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=10 March 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Career==
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 In [[2018 Asian Games]], she scored a game's record score of 593 in the qualification round of 25m Air pistol event. But she failed to win a medal there, as she finished 6th in the final. Eventually, her compatriot Rahi Sarnobat clinched the Gold in this event.
 At the Youth Olympics 2018,
-Manu Bhaker shot 236.5 to stand at the top of the points table in the women's 10m air pistol event. The Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics is also the World Cup and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. The 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.
+Manu Bhaker shot 236.5 to stand at the top of the points table in the women's 10m air pistol event. The Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics is also the World Cup and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. The 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 Olympic Games.
 In February 2019 she won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at 2019 ISSF World Cup in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportsflashes.com/en/news/bhaker-chaudhry-end-world-cup-on-a-high-win-3rd-gold-for-india-/255053.html|title=Bhaker, Chaudhry end World Cup on a high; win 3rd Gold for India|last=Sharma|first=suposh|date=27 February 2019|website=Sports Flashes|language=en-IN|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/shooting/issf-world-cup-2019-manu-bhaker-saurabh-chaudhary-win-gold-in-10m-air-pistol-mixed-team-event-2000135|title=ISSF World Cup 2019: Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary Win Gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event {{!}} Shooting News|last=NDTVSports.com|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref>
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 ==External links==
 * {{ISSF |id=SHINDW1802200201}}
-{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhaker, Manu}}
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 [[Category:Indian female sport shooters]]
 [[Category:Sport shooters from Haryana]]
+[[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]]
 [[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]
 [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting]]
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 [[Category:Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games]]
 [[Category:Shooters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]
-[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
+[[Category:Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games]]
+[[Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting]]
+[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]
 [[Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for India]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
 [[Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic shooters of India]]
+[[Category:Olympic shooters for India]]
+[[Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade]]
+[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for India]]
+[[Category:Universiade medalists in shooting]]