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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.
5 days ago · Neeraj Chopra (born December 24, 1997, Panipat, Haryana, India) is an Indian track-and-field athlete who shot to fame after earning 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 2020 Olympic Games, held in ...
Neeraj Chopra: India's maiden Olympic athletics gold. At the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2021, Chopra entered the men's javelin competition amidst tough competition. Despite not being the outright favourite for gold, he led the qualifying round with an 86.65m throw, before dominating the final.
Jun 24, 2022 · Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin throw gold at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. His throw measured 87.58m. It handed India their first-ever Olympic medal in athletics.
Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra clinched the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event with a modest 82.27m effort at the Federation Cup 2024 athletics meet in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Wednesday.
Aug 13, 2021 · Neeraj Chopra made history as the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Other stars to have achieved a similar feat for their nation include: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, 100m hurdles – Puerto Rico
Aug 7, 2021 · BUT WHO IS NEERAJ CHOPRA? Born on December 24, 1997, Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete and a javelin thrower, hailing from Panipat. He is the first Indian athlete to clinch gold at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World U-20 Athletics Championship in Poland in 2016, setting a world junior record.
Aug 7, 2021 · India has broken out into celebrations after Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a historic Olympic gold medal in athletics (javelin throw) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Aug 27, 2023 · Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a world athletics title by securing javelin gold in Budapest. The Olympic champion threw 88.17m to beat Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who took silver...
Aug 7, 2021 · Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal in javelin, first athletics gold for India in Olympics. On August 4, he became the first Indian javelin thrower in history to qualify for the final.
