Manu Bhaker, born 18 February 2002 in Goria village, Jhajjar district, Haryana, became one of India's biggest sporting stories at the Paris 2024 Olympics — winning two bronze medals in three days (women's 10m air pistol, and 10m air pistol mixed team with Sarabjot Singh), making her the first Indian to win two Olympic medals at a single Games since Norman Pritchard in 1900.
Her Parents
Father: Ram Kishan Bhaker — chief engineer in the merchant navy.
Mother: Sumedha Bhaker — school principal at Goria.
Her Brother
Akhil Bhaker — elder brother.
Her Path
Manu played multiple sports at school — tennis, boxing, skating, even Thang-Ta (a Manipuri martial art) — before picking up shooting at 14. She broke India's junior shooting records within months.
The Bhaker Family Tree at a Glance
Father: Ram Kishan Bhaker — merchant-navy chief engineer.
Mother: Sumedha Bhaker — school principal.
Brother: Akhil Bhaker.
Manu Bhaker:
- Born 18 February 2002, Goria, Jhajjar, Haryana
- University College, Faridabad (B.A. Political Science)
- ISSF World Cup gold and youth Olympic gold from 2018
- Paris 2024 Olympics: bronze in 10m air pistol individual; bronze in 10m air pistol mixed team (with Sarabjot Singh)
- Khel Ratna (2024); Padma Shri (2025)
Personal: Unmarried; no children.
What the Bhaker Family Story Teaches Us
A merchant-navy chief-engineer father. A school-principal mother. An elder brother. A multi-sport childhood that ended with one Olympic-medal-winning specialisation. From one Goria village household came the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals at a single Games.
For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Bhaker story carries the same lesson. Sometimes the family is small, the village is small, and the achievement is large. Write down where everyone in your family came from, however small. The village name is often the most important entry.
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