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Bio/Wiki; Nickname: Nijju [1] Jagran: Profession(s) Javelin Thrower and Junior Commissioned Officer: Physical Stats & More [2] Hindustan Times Height in centimeters- 180 cm in meters- 1.80 m in feet & inches- 5’ 11”: Weight (approx.) in kilograms- 86 kg in pounds- 189 lbs: Eye Colour
Subedar Neeraj Chopra PVSM VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete, who is the reigning Olympic champion and World champion in Men's javelin throw.He is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in javelin and the first Asian to win gold in his event at the World Championship.
Wiki/Biography. Neeraj Chopra was born on Wednesday, 24 December 1997 (age 25 years; as of 2022) in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana.His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He attended DAV College, Chandigarh, but later, he dropped out of the college and continued his graduation through correspondence from the Kurukshetra University, Haryana.
Aug 28, 2023 · Neeraj Chopra has yet again registered an unbeatable feat for India. He became the second Indian after Anju Bobby George to win a medal at World Athletics Championship. Check his height, age ...
Chopra quickly concretised his talent. In 2016, he won gold at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with a record-breaking throw of 86.48m, which still stands to this day as the under-20 world record.
Jul 18, 2024 · Since August 7, 2021, India's biggest pride in the world of athletics has been javelin star Neeraj Chopra. At the age of just 23, Neeraj became India's only second-ever Olympics individual gold ...
Neeraj CHOPRA, India - Javelin Throw
Jul 20, 2024 · Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track-and-field athlete who shot to fame after securing a gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and further secured his position as a leading athlete by winning the men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Having won the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, Chopra is also the reigning world champion in men’s javelin throw.
Jul 22, 2021 · At the 2018 Asian Games, Neeraj Chopra went past his own national record of 86.48m by throwing 88.06m to win the Gold medal in the javelin throw at Jakarta, Indonesia.
The final throw was taken and only then could Neeraj Chopra breathe a sigh of relief. With a mark of 87.58m at the Tokyo Games, the 23-year-old had launched himself to sporting superstardom as he became India’s first ever Olympic champion in athletics.
