Subedar Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997)is an Indian javelin thrower. He is the primary song and subject athlete to win an Olympic Gold medal for India. He is the reigning Olympic champion with 87.58m prevailing throw on seventh August, 2021. Chopra hurled the javelin at 88.07m to interrupt his very own country wide document. His preceding exceptional changed into the 88.06m gold-medal prevailing throw on the 2018 Asian Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chopra changed into additionally decided on because the flag-bearer at the outlet rite for India on the 2018 Asian Games, which marked his first Asian Games appearance. In his in advance career, he changed into the 2016 World U20 champion and set the arena under-20 document of 86.forty eight m. He is the primary Indian athlete to ever win a World identify in Track and Field at U-20.[citation needed]
He gained his first medal in Olympics in Sport Athletes, event – Men’s Javelin throw. His throw of 87.86m at his first opposition after an elbow damage assured a price price tag to Tokyo. He then certified withinside the qualification spherical with a throw of 86.65m and marched to the finals. He delivered domestic the primary Gold Medal withinside the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo. Neeraj threw his first javelin spherical on a distance of 87.03 meter and once more threw the exceptional of finals it really is changed into 87.6 metres. He is the second one man or woman after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal in any character video games on the Olympics for India.
Early and private life
Neeraj Chopra is from Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana.He turned into knowledgeable at DAV College, Chandigarh. In 2016, he turned into appointed a Junior Commissioned Officer withinside the Indian Army with the rank of Naib Subedar.[9][10] On 31 March 2020, he donated Rs. 2 Lakh in PM Cares Fund for COVID-19 pandemic.
Chopra appearing javelin throw on the finals of 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
Neeraj gained a gold medal in 2020 Summer Olympics on seventh August 2021 with the 87.fifty eight m throw, that’s the primary Olympic medal in athletics gained via way of means of an Indian. Neeraj Chopra is handiest the second one Indian to win an character Olympic gold medal. On eleven August 2008, Abhinav Bindra gained the gold medal withinside the men’s 10 m air rifle in 2008 Summer Olympics.
Neeraj gained a gold medal on the 2016 South Asian Games with a throw of 82.23 m, wherein he equalled the Indian countrywide document.
He gained a gold medal in 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He additionally set a international junior document. Despite those performances, he didn’t qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics because the reduce off date turned into eleven July.
Neeraj gained some other gold medal in Asian Athletic championships 2017 with a throw of 85.23 meters.
Neeraj Chopra registered a season high-quality attempt of 86.forty seven meters in men’s javelin throw at 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG). With that, Chopra now no longer handiest joined an elite listing of Indian athletes to win a gold medal on their Commonwealth Games debut, however additionally have become the primary Indian to triumph in Javelin Throw at CWG.
In May 2018, he once more broke the countrywide document on the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 87.forty three meters.
The 22-12 months-antique Chopra is the handiest music and discipline athlete to be advocated via way of means of the AFI for the country’s maximum sports activities award withinside the 12 months 2018. Neeraj Chopra has already been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018 after triumphing a gold withinside the Gold Coast Commonwealth.
He is presently being coached via way of means of German bio-mechanics professional Klaus Bartonietz.[18] Previously, he has been coached via way of means of Gary Calvert,Werner Daniels and Uwe Hohn.
On 27 August 2018, Neeraj threw a distance of 88.06 m to win gold withinside the Men’s javelin throw on the 2018 Asian Games and set a brand new Indian countrywide document, improving his personal preceding document. He gained the gold medal in Tokyo 2021 Olympics. On five March 2021, Neeraj Chopra once more broke his beyond National Record putting the brand new at 88.07m, with a World Leading role in 2021.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra opened his global season of 2021 with a throw of 83.18 metres that earned him javelin gold medal at an occasion in Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 Tokyo Olympic
On four August 2021 he certified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ Final in Mens javelin throw. He gained the gold medal for Men’s Javelin throw on seventh August 2021 with a throw of 87.58m.
Awards and recognition
For triumphing the gold medal on the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics
₹seventy five lakh (US$110,000) from the Government of India.
₹6 crore (US$840,000) from the Government of Haryana.