Manu Bhaker

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Manu Bhaker was born to a Merchant Navy Chief Engineer in a village in the Jhajjar district of Haryana.She has a great inclination towards sport since her childhood. A Hoarding At the Rooftop of Manu Bhakers School.Before joining Pistol Shooting, she was interested in Cricket and had also joined Virender Sehwags coaching school in Jhajjar. Virender Sehwags Cricket Academy.Earlier, she also used to do Boxing and Kick-Boxing as well. She was inspired by Mary Koms Olympic bronze. Mary Koms Olympic Bronze.She decided to quit boxing after she had a swollen eye while playing volleyball as a warm-up routine for boxing.Then, Manu Bhaker switched to Thang-Ta, a popular martial art form of Manipur.Soon, she also left Thang-Ta, after she was robbed of a medal during a tournament in Delhi.The next day of quitting Thang-Ta, Manu Bhaker enrolled at a judo academy near Dadri. However, it didnt excite her as much, and she left Judo also.Then on one day, she visited her schools shooting range and casually took a pistol and straightaway shot 7.5. The coach was astonished as it normally takes 6-months to a year to shoot so accurately. Manu Bhaker in the shooting range.Since her first tryst with a pistol, Manu Bhaker has been raved about as Indias next big shooting sensation.