Manu Bhaker became the first woman shooter from India ever to win an Olympics medal in history, after claiming a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. She was just 0.1 behind Kim Yeji when she was eliminated in the final on Sunday.
Three years after her Tokyo Olympics was derailed by a pistol malfunction, the 22-year-old claimed a bronze medal behind two South Korean shooters. The nine-time World Cup medallist is only the fifth Indian to win a medal in shooting.
Earlier, on the first day of the Paris Olympics, Manu Bhaker had finished 3rd in the women’s 10m air pistol event with a score of 580 in the qualification rounds. Manu Bhaker had also shot the highest number of Perfect Scores (27) in the qualification to breeze through to the final.
Full list of Indian shooting medal lists so far at the Olympics
| Shooter | Event | Medal | Olympics |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Men’s double trap | Silver | Athens 2004 |
| Abhinav Bindra | Men’s 10m air rifle | Gold | Beijing 2008 |
| Gagan Narang | Men’s 10m air rifle | Bronze | London 2012 |
| Vijay Kumar | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | Silver | London 2012 |