Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra Biography | Know about Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra.

Name: Neeraj Chopra

Date of Birth: December 24, 1997

Age: 23

Birth Place: Panipat, Haryana

Sport/Event(s): Javelin throw

Personal Best: 88.07m (national record)

Neeraj Chopra, a young javelin thrower, has established himself as one of India's greatest track and field talents in recent years. Chopra shot to fame after winning a gold medal in the 2016 Junior World Championships in Poland.

With a throw of 86.48 metres, he set the junior world mark, which was even further than the distance thrown to earn the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics a month later.

In 2018, the 23-year-old made even more progress by capturing gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. With a throw of 88.06 metres at the Asiad in Indonesia (2018), he set a new national record.

Neeraj had elbow surgery on his throwing arm in May of this year. While recuperating from his injuries, he missed the IAAF World Championships, Diamond League, and Asian Championships. He was supposed to compete in the National Championships at the end of 2019, however the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) refused to let him compete, giving him additional time to recover.

After surgery, Neeraj made a strong return, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m in the ACNE League competition in South Africa in January 2020.

Chopra, like many athletes throughout the world, missed excellent events for more than a year because to the Covid-19 epidemic. However, in March of this year, he beat his own National record by throwing a distance of 88.07m in Patiala, which was also his best throw of the season.

Neeraj is from the hamlet of Khandra in Panipat, Haryana. He went to Chandigarh's DAV College to study.

He was appointed as a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army as a junior commissioned officer in 2016. He is presently a Subedar in the army.

Last Year March, He donated Rs 2 lakh to PM Cares fund for the Covid-19 pandemic. So great of him.

Neeraj Chopra hasn't only etched his name into the annals of history. He will be recognised as an Olympic gold medalist for the rest of his life.

And keep in mind that his age is only 23 years. He might very well be in position to add another Olympic gold medal to his collection in Paris in 2024.

 

But Now,

The Indian National Anthem was performed in the Olympics for the first time since 2008. And it's all owing to Neeraj Chopra, a 23-year-old javelin thrower.

Neeraj has accomplished what no other Indian athlete has: he has won an Olympic gold medal in athletics.

TOKYO: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, outperforming the competition by a wide margin to claim the country's first-ever medal.

The 23-year-old farmer's son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana stunned the sports world by throwing 87.58 metres in the finals, ending India's 100-year wait for an Olympic track and field gold.

The country has now eclipsed its previous record haul of six medals from the 2012 London Olympics.

Jakub Vadlejch (86.67m) & Vitezslav Vesely (85.44m) of the Czech Republic won silver and bronze, respectively.

Chopra entered the final as a medal possibility after dominating the qualification round on Wednesday with a spectacular 86.59m first round throw.

Few, though, would have predicted that he would smash his way to gold in such a dominating manner on the biggest platform.

Chopra has accomplished something that the likes of late Milkha Singh and P T Usha were unable to do in the 1960 and 1984 editions.

Since the country began competing in the Games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920, no Indian has won a medal in athletics..

Here is the Biography of Gold Medalist Neeraj.