Manu Bhaker is an Indian shooter from Goria village near Jhajjar Jhajjar, Haryana currently 22 years of age who recently won two medals in the Paris Olympic event. She is the first Indian to win 2 medals in the same Olympic event for India.

Early Life and Family

Manu Bhaker was born in Goria village near Jhajjar, Haryana in 2002. Her father and mother is Sumedha Bhaker and Ramkishan Bhaker. Manu’s father works as a chief Engineer in Merchant Navy. The salary of Chief Engineers ranges from 3 – 15 lakhs in India per month. Her mother often posts videos about her fitness videos. She has been a lecturer for many years of Hindi and Sanskrit subjects. She also has a young brother by the name of Akhil Bhaker.

Manu Bhaker Husband and Previous Relationships

Manu Bhaker has not married till now but is rumored to be dating fellow shooter Abhishek Verma who is 34 years of age at present.

Link up with Neeraj Chopra: – Ever since Manu Bhaker and Neera Chopra made headlines for winning medals at the Paris Olympics, the media has been pairing them whenever pictures of the duo together were clicked. However, in an interview given to the NewIndianExpress, Bhaker denied dating Neeraj Chopra and said that the two have been acquaintances since 2018. Ironically, both Chopra and Bhaker are from Haryana.

Salary And Endorsements

As far as Manu Bhaker’s salary is concerned, there is no pay scale for professional shooters in India except when they are finalists. However, shooters start to get sponsors when they reach national levels. The classic case is that of Manu Bhaker. Her endorsement fees have risen to crores from lakhs. Bhaker has recently signed with Thumbs Up for a staggering Rs 1.5 crore deal per year. As per Neerav Tomar speaking to a reputed publication, Bhaker has been approached by nearly 40 brands after her Paris Olympics success.

Bhaker has also signed deals with Perforax and Nothing India. Her Networth has risen to Rs 14 crores from 60 lakhs before the Paris Olympics.

Interesting facts about Manu Bhaker

Courtship: – When asked if she would prefer watching Emily in Paris season or courting someone on the Eiffel Tower, Bhaker chooses the latter.

Hobbies: – She loves to read the Bhagavad Gita. In her free time, Manu loves to play the violin. She also loves to do horse riding. She is also into fitness and dancing. She is a morning person and therefore loves to wake up early around 5.30 a.m. She mainly loves home-cooked food only.

Mother’s shield: – In an interview, Manu Bhaker admitted that some people from her caste and community were against her opting to be an athlete as her profession. However, she never got distracted from such talks as her mother protected her from such a negative mindset of the other people. Manu credits her mother for shielding her from such negativity and allowing her to pursue what she wanted.

Multi-sport lover: – Manu has always been inclined towards sports from her childhood. In school, she won many medals in running. Later on, she tried Boxing also but decided to give up because of the injuries to her face. She also tried her hand in Karate and Tennis.

Mathematics: Her least favorite subject is Math. Manu stated that she wasn’t good at Math at all and that it was really hard for her to take the Math tuition classes. However, she eventually did well in her 10th standard math.

At just 16: – She won a Gold Medal at the ISSF World Cup at just 16.

Pet Lover: – She loves dogs and has a golden retriever named Whiskey.

Controversies about Manu Bhaker

After the fiasco at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she had a major tiff with her coach, Jaspal Rana. However, after some time, the duo got together again, and Manu won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Back in 2019, Manu had a tiff with the BJP leader Anil Vij, who was the Haryana Minister at that time. Bhaker had secured a gold medal at the Youth Olympics back in 2018. The BJP Haryana Minister had promised Rs 2 crore gift To Bhaker at that time. Manu took to social media and asked whether the announcement of 2 Crore prize money was indeed true or “Jumla”. Replying to the tweet, the minister said that Manu shouldn’t have taken to public domain to raise the matter.

The minister confirmed in the tweet that Bhaker will get Rs 2 crore prize money as promised by him.