Manisha Keer Wiki, Height, Age, Family, Biography & More

Manisha Keer is an Indian sports shooter. She won the Women’s Trap Team event in the 2022 Asian Games along with Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari.

Wiki/Biography

Manisha Keer was born on Thursday, 15 July 1999 (age 24 years; as of 2023) in Goregaon, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. Manisha Keer belongs to a lower middle-class family. By the age of 4, she had started helping her father in the fishing business along with her siblings. She pursued her education till class 10 and later focused on her shooting practices full-time.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 2″

Weight (approx.): 50 kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Manisha Keer belongs to a lower-middle-class family from a fishing community in Bhopal.

Parents & Siblings

Manisha Keer’s father, Kailash Keer, owns a fishing business and is a chestnut farmer, and her mother, Shakuntla Devi Keer, is a homemaker. Manisha Keer has 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Her siblings Sona Keer and Ajay Keer are also sportspersons and are into watersports. Her brother Gautum Keer played Volleyball earlier but now works with his father in the fishing business.

Husband

Manisha Keer is unmarried.

Religion

Manisha Keer follows Hinduism.

Career

At the age of 13, she accompanied her sister to the state shooting academy in Bhopal. During her visit to the academy, shotgun trials were ongoing, and she decided to give it a try, Manisha unexpectedly hit the target, and impressed by her talent, the academy offered her the opportunity to pursue shooting professionally and provided her with the training and equipment. ^[1]The Times Of India

Manisha made her international debut at the ISSF Junior category in Lonato, Italy, in 2015, but she did not win any medal in Italy. In 2017, Manisha began participating in the senior category despite being a junior and won medals in both the junior and senior categories in Jaipur. In 2018, her career took a leap forward when she won a silver medal in the Junior Shotgun event at the ISSF Shooting World Championship in South Korea. ^[2]The Times Of India

She finished with 41 points, which equalled the junior record in Trap for Women. According to her, her best finish was at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun, where she finished 7th in the women’s Trap competition in Cairo, Egypt; in the final round, her score got her into a three-way shoot-off for the last two final spots. In 2021, she participated in the First Asian Online Shooting Championship and won a medal. She also recorded her best-ever finish at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun stage, finishing seventh in the women’s Trap competition, where she scored 23 out of 25 in each of the four preceding rounds. She has attained a world ranking of 37. ^[3]ISSF

Medals

Gold

• In 2021, she won a gold medal in the Trap Team Women event at the World Cup in New Delhi.

Silver

• In 2018, She won a silver medal in the Trap Women Junior in the singles category at the World Championships in Changwon, South Korea.
  

  Manisha Keer with her silver medal at the ISSF event in South Korea

• In 2018, she won a silver medal in the Trap Mixed Team Juniors category at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney, Australia.

• In 2021, she won a silver medal in the Trap Team Women event at the World Cup in New Delhi.

• In 2019, she won a silver medal in the Trap Mixed Team Junior category at the Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar.

• In 2023, she won a silver medal in the Women’s trap team event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Bronze

• In 2021, she won a bronze medal at the Online Shooting Championship in Kuwait.

Note: Manisha Keer has a total of 21 gold medals, six silver medals, and six bronze medals at national shooting competitions over the years.

Facts/Trivia

• In an interview, talking about her struggle of coming from a poor family and playing a sport which is considered for the royals or rich, she said,
  

  I come from a humble family in Bhopal. My father is a small fisherman. Growing up, I understood the importance of money from a rather young age and used to help my father in fishing. I had six siblings and my father could barely make enough money for all our expenses. Even though life wasn’t easy back then, I always had this innate motivation to do something in life. The turning point came when I visited the State Shooting Academy with my elder sister once. Our visit to the academy coincided with the Shotgun Trials held at the academy. Ever since I have been playing, I have tried as much as possible to improve with each tournament I have participated in.”

• In an interview, recalling the day when the Olympian Mansher Singh, at the Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy, approached her and encouraged her to pursue the sport, she said,
  

  I recall, I was standing there watching the trials when the Olympian Mansher Singh approached me and asked me to give the sport a shot. Let alone prior training needed to shoot, I didn’t even know the technique required to hold the gun. However, when I gave the sport a try, something within me clicked and I hit the target easily. Impressed by my shot, the authorities asked me to pursue the sport seriously and they also offered me training. That moment changed it all for me and the rest has been history. Since I played my first shot, I have been training extensively and playing with all the dedication that I have ever been able to muster. All thanks to the generosity of the state, I was provided with the equipment necessary for me to learn and become better at the sport. I stay at the academy only so that there are no distractions whatsoever.”

• Manisha’s favourite food is Dal Chawal and Bhindi.

• Mansher Singh, an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap, personally trains Manisha Keer before international matches.

• When Manisha is not practising or playing, she helps her father in fishing and also enjoys playing Volleyball, which is her hobby.