Neeraj Chopra

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Personal information
Full name	Neeraj Chopra
Nationality	Indian
Born	24 December 1997 (age 23)[1] Panipat, Haryana, India
Education	DAV College, Chandigarh
Military career
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	2016–present
Rank	Subedar
Service number	JC-471869A[2]
Unit	Rajputana Rifles
Awards	Vishisht Seva Medal
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Coached by	Uwe Hohn
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	NR 87.07 m (2021)

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

Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Thrower) Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More Bio Nickname Nijju  Profession(s) Javelin Thrower and Junior Commissioned Officer Physical Stats & More Height in centimeters- 180 cm in meters- 1.80 m in feet & inches- 5’ 11” Weight in kilograms- 86 kg in pounds- 189 lbs Eye Colour Black

hair colour       black

Subedar Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian javelin thrower. As of 7 August 2021, he has collected six gold medals in major tournaments across the world, and is the first track and field athlete to win a gold medal for India at the Olympics and one of the only two Indians to win a gold medal in any individual games at the Olympics.^[3]

In the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, Chopra set the world under-20 record of 86.48 m. He is the first Indian athlete to ever win a World title in Track and Field at U-20.^[4] Chopra was also selected as the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony for India at the 2018 Asian Games, which marked his first Asian Games appearance. He scored a gold-medal winning throw (88.06m) at the 2018 Asian Games^[7] and 2018 Commonwealth Games. On 7 August 2021, Chopra won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and set the reigning javelin throw Olympic record with 87.6m.

Olympics: India’s Neeraj Chopra wins historic gold medal in men’s javelin throw event

Tokyo Olympics: India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt.

Neeraj Chopra Men’s Javelin Throw Live Updates, Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra on Saturday became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, out-performing the field by quite a distance to notch up the first track-and-field Games medal for the country. The 23-year-old farmer’s son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced the second throw of 87.58m in the finals to stun the athletics world and end India’s 100-year wait for a track and field medal in the Olympics. Chopra won the country’s seventh medal and first gold in this Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Games) as India’s individual gold winners in the showpiece. With this, the country surpassed the previous best haul of six medals achieved in the 2012 London Games. Neeraj Chopra will be taking the flag for India at the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony.

Neraj Chopra wins historic gold medal in men's javelin throw event

Tokyo Olympics: India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt.

Neeraj Chopra on Saturday created history by becoming the second Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics after shooter Abhinav Bindra. Neeraj is the first Indian in over 120 years, and the first athlete from independent India, to win an Olympic medal in a track-and-field discipline. Neeraj won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw event with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt.

Neeraj was at the No.1 position after all athletes completed their first attempts with an 87.03m throw. The Indian bettered his performance in the second attempt with an 87.58m throw which kept him in the lead. Neeraj's third attempt was 76.79m.

A farmer's son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana who took up athletics to shed flab, Neeraj maintained his top spot when 12 athletes were trimmed to 8. The top athletes advanced to get three more attempts.

Neeraj's fourth and fifth attempts were not up to the mark and the athlete chose to deliberately cross over the line so that the distances don't count on both occasions. The Indian continued to be the best thrower at the end of round 5 by virtue of his monster throw in the second attempt, which turned out to be enough to give India a historic gold at the Tokyo Games

Here are 10 points on this big story:

1. Mr Chopra is a Subedar with 4 Rajputana Rifles in the Indian Army. He is a graduate of DAV College in Chandigarh.

2. He is the son of a farmer from Haryana. The state government has announced it would honour the athlete with ₹ 6 crore.

3. "The golden victory of Subedar Neeraj Chopra at the Olympic brings laurels for the Indian Army. He performed like a true soldier at the Olympics. It is indeed a historic and proud moment for the entire country including the Indian Armed Forces! Many congratulations to him," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.

4. Mr Chopra came into the Olympics with the fourth best throw of the year and lived up to his form as a faltering Johannes Vetter of Germany struggled and failed to qualify as one of the top eight.

5. He is the first athlete representing India to have won gold in javelin throw at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. He claimed victory at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

6. Mr Chopra became the first Indian competitor to win a junior world title in athletics when he claimed gold in javelin throw at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Poland.

7. He took up the sport in 2011, inspired by watching people practice throwing javelin in Haryana, according to his bio on the Olympics official website.

8. Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and all ranks of the Indian Army congratulate Subedar Neeraj Chopra on winning nation's first ever gold medal in javelin in Olympics with a throw of 87.58 metres, the Army tweeted from its official handle.

9. Mr Chopra's win is India's first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

10. It is also the country's second individual gold medal in its Olympic history after Abhinav Bindra's heroics in Beijing 2008.