Nationality Indian Alma mater Jain University | Occupation Shooting Residence Bengaluru | |
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Born 7 May 1991 (age 25) ( 1991-05-07 ) Bangalore | ||
Rakesh Manpat is an Indian shooter from Bangalore. He completed his education from Jain University where he was in the junior division of NCC. In 2006, as a 16 year old he became a Junior state champion winning all the gold medals at stake and first broke into the scene. Rakesh Manpat was ranked third behind Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra at the Common Wealth Games Trials 2010.
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In 2010 World championships at Zagreb, Rakesh Manpat represented India in all three Rifle events. In 50Meter 3 Positions event he scored 1161 and set a Junior Indian National Record and Ranked 5th.
He won a bronze as a Senior at 55th Nationals Championships, a Silver at 56th National Championships and finally a Gold at the 57th National Shooting Championship in the men’s free rifle prone category.
In 2016 he won gold in the 3rd match of 39th InterShoot International Shooting Competition in The Hague, Netherlands. ahead of two Olympic and World Champions.
Early life and background
Rakesh was born to father Late Manpat Krishna Murthy and mother Narsimha Srinivas Vijaya in Bangalore on 7 May 1991. He completed his graduation in Bachelors in Business Administration from Jain University and pursuing post-graduation now. He began shooting in 2005 after being introduced to shooting by his brother Rajesh Manpat, also a Senior National Medallist in Rifle shooting. In no time he was in the Junior State Champion and got selected to the Junior Indian Team. Since 2009, he has been playing for the Senior Indian Team.