Niraj Chopra Biography.
Subedar Neeraj Chopra VSM is an Indian javelin thrower. He is the first track and field athlete to win an Olympic Gold medal for India. He is the reigning Olympic champion with 87.6m winning throw on 7th August, 2021. Chopra hurled the javelin at 88.07m to break his own national record.
Born: 24 December 1997 (age 23 years), Panipat
Personal best:- 88.07 (2021) NR
Nationality:-Indian
Born:-24 December 1997 (age 23)
Panipat, Haryana, India
Education:- DAV College, Chandigarh
Military career
Allegiance:- India
Service/branch:-Indian Army
Years of service:- 2016–present
Awards:- Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal
Olympic Games:- Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw
Asian Games:- Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw
Commonwealth Games:-Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Javelin throw
Asian Championships:-Gold medal – first place 2017 Bhubaneshwar Javelin throw
South Asian Games:-Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Javelin throw
World Junior Championships:-Gold medal – first place 2016 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw
Asian Junior Championships:-Silver medal – second place 2016 Ho Chi Minh City Javelin throw.
Country:- India
Sport:- Track and field
Event(s):- Javelin Throw
Coached by :- Uwe Hohn
Achievements and titles
Personal best :- 88.07 (2021) NR
Medal record:-Javelin throw
Representing:- India.
Neeraj Chopra, with a best effort of 87.58 metres, led from start to finish as favourite Johannes Vetter crashed out early in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics.
India’s Neeraj Chopra became only the second individual Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to be crowned Olympic champion as he won gold in the men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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The gold medal is also India’s first Olympic medal in track-and-field events. It took India’s medal count at Tokyo 2020 to seven - their best-ever haul at a single Olympics. India had won six medals at London 2012 but there were no gold medals.
Neeraj Chopra threw a best attempt of 87.58m to win the Olympic gold. Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won silver and fellow Czech Vitezslav Vesely won bronze to complete the podium.
Neeraj Chopra - who had also finished top of qualifying - began with a 87.03m throw at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, the best of anyone after their first attempts.
The Indian javelin thrower then improved to 87.58m with his second throw to maintain his place at the top and went only 76.79m in his third attempt. However, he had done more than enough to get three additional attempts.
