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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 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.
Aug 27, 2023 · A look at Neeraj Chopra's massive achievements throughout his career - An Olympic gold. Neeraj is the only Indian to win a gold medal in the track and field event at the Olympics in 2021.
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.
Mar 12, 2024 · Asian domination and Commonwealth champion. Neeraj has won the gold medal at the Asian Games twice in his career already. His first victory arrived at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta where he launched the javelin a distance of 88.06m with his third throw to take home the gold.
Jan 19, 2024 · He achieved his first throw of over 70 meters at the 2014 senior nationals, following this up with a world record throw in the junior category of 81.04 meters in the 2015 All India Inter-University Athletics Meet; this was his first throw of over 80 meters.
