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Neeraj Chopra is an Indian Javelin Thrower born on 24th December 1997. He hails from Khandra Village of Haryana’s Panipat district. Neeraj has been representing India internationally since 2013 and won a gold medal in Tokyo Olympics.

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Personal information
Full name	Neeraj Chopra
Nationality	Indian
Born	24 December 1997 (age 23) Panipat, Haryana, India
Education	DAV College, Chandigarh
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Military career
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	2016–present
Rank	Subedar
Service number	JC-471869A[2]
Unit	4 Rajputana Rifles[3]
Awards	Vishisht Seva Medal
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Rank	2 [4]
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Coached by	Uwe Hohn
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	2 (Achieved on 11 August 2021) [5]
Personal best(s)	NR 88.07 m (2021)[6]
hide Medal record Men’s Javelin throw Representing  India Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 – – World Championships – – – Asian Games 1 – – Commonwealth Games 1 – – Asian Championships 1 – – South Asian Games 1 – – World Junior Championships 1 – – Asian Junior Championships – 1 – Total 6 1 0 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Javelin throw Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneshwar Javelin throw South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Javelin throw World Junior Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw Asian Junior Championships 2016 Ho Chi Minh City Javelin throw

Who is Neeraj Chopra?

Neeraj Chopra – Early Life, Family & Background

Neeraj Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and his wife. He comes from a humble family background residing in Khandra village of Panipat district. His father is a farmer and his mother is a housewife. He has two sisters.

Neeraj’s interest in javelin throw happened by chance when he saw Jaiveer Choudhary practicing Javelin Throw at the Panipat stadium. He would regularly visit Panipat stadium to work on his fitness and lose weight as he was fat and chubby. Little did he know about the javelin throw until he tried his hands on the sport. His talent was spotted by the seniors at the stadium and inspired to take up the sport seriously.

Neeraj had faced difficulty in travelling from his home to the stadium due to lack of public transport in his village, instead, he would take lifts from the passing vehicles for a 16-17 kilometers journey to reach the training ground. He later shifted his base to the Athletics Nursery at the Taluka Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula because of the lack of proper infrastructure in the Panipat Stadium.

In 2016, he joined the Indian Army and is currently serving as Junior Commissioned Officer with the rank of Naib Subedar. Neeraj is a graduate of DAV College in Chandigarh, Punjab.

Neeraj Chopra Biography

Neeraj Chopra’s career instantly took off after he made his debut in the domestic circuit at the 2012 National Junior Athletics Competitions and won his first Gold medal with a record throw of 68.46 meters. With this achievement, he joined the national camp for better training and exposure.

Neeraj’s international career breakthrough came in 2016 when he won his first international Gold medal at the South Asian Games in Guwahati. In 2017, he won 2 Silver medals and a Bronze medal at the Asian Grand Prix Series held in 3 different cities, Jinhua, Jiaxing in China, and Taipei in Taiwan. Later that year, he made his IAAF Diamond League debut and finished 7th with a throw of 83.80 meters.

In 2018, he won the Gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France, followed by another Gold medal at the Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland.

In March 2021, Neeraj shattered his national record by throwing 88.07m at the Indian Grand Prix Meet in Patiala.

Neeraj Chopra Achievements

Neeraj Chopra made his international debut for India at the 2013 World Youth Championships, where he finished 19th in the qualification round held at Donetsk in Ukraine. At the 2015 Asian Championships, he finished 9th in the final of the javelin throw event in Wuhan, China.

In 2016, he won a Silver medal in the javelin throw at the Asian Junior Championships. Later that year, Neeraj caught the limelight when he set the world junior record by throwing 86.48m and clinched the Gold medal at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

At the 2017 Asian Championships, he won the Gold medal by throwing 85.23m at Bhubaneshwar in Odisha. In the same year, he competed at the World Athletics Championships in London but failed to win any medals as he finished 15th in the qualification round.

In 2018, Neeraj clinched the Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast in Australia and thus became the first Indian javelin thrower to accomplish the feat at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2018 Asian Games, he broke his own national record of 86.48m by throwing 88.06m and won the Gold medal in the javelin throw in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In January 2020, Neeraj Chopra booked his Olympics berth in Javelin Throw at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after he threw 87.86m at the Athletics Central North East held in Potchefstroom, South Africa. This will be his debut Olympics after he missed out on the chance of representing India at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Results and seasonal bests

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  India
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	19th (q)	Javelin throw (700 g)	66.75 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	9th	Javelin throw	70.50 m
2016	2016 South Asian Games	Guwahati, India		Javelin throw	82.23 m
	Asian Junior Championships	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam		Javelin throw	77.60 m
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	WJR	Javelin throw	86.48 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Jinhua, China		Javelin throw	82.11 m
		Jiaxing, China			83.32 m
		Taipei, Taiwan			79.90 m
	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India		Javelin throw	85.23 m
	IAAF Diamond League	Paris, France	7th (10 pts)	Javelin throw	84.67 m
		Fontvieille, Monaco			78.92 m
		Zurich, Switzerland			83.80 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	15th (q)	Javelin throw	82.26 m
2018	Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting	Offenburg, Germany		Javelin throw	82.80 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia		Javelin throw	86.47 m
	IAAF Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	4th (17 pts)	Javelin throw	87.43 m
		Eugene, Oregon, USA			80.81 m
		Rabat, Morocco			83.32 m
		Zurich, Switzerland			85.73 m
	Sotteville Athletics Meet	Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France		Javelin throw	85.17 m
	Savo Games	Lapinlahti, Finland		Javelin throw	85.69 m
	Asian Games	Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia	NR	Javelin throw	88.06 m
2020	Athletics Central North West League Meeting (qualifying event for Summer Olympics)	South Africa	(q)	Javelin Throw	87.86m
2021	Meeting Cidade de Lisboa	Portugal		Javelin Throw	83.18 m
2021	Folksam Grand Prix	Sweden		Javelin Throw	80.96 m
2021	Kourtane Games	Finland		Javelin Throw	86.79 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan		Javelin Throw	87.58 m