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Subedar Major Neeraj Chopra PVSM VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete. Considered as the greatest Indian javelin thrower , he's a double medalist at the Olympics , World Championships , and the Asian Games .
Neeraj Chopra: 5 March 2021 Indian Grand Prix Patiala, India [68] 89.30 m Neeraj Chopra: 14 June 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games: Turku, Finland [69] [70] 89.94 m Neeraj Chopra: 30 June 2022 BAUHAUS-galan: Stockholm, Sweden [71] Combined Events Decathlon: 7658 pts Bharatinder Singh: 11–12 June 2011 Indian Inter-State Championships Bangalore, India [72]
Jakub Vadlejch, the returning bronze medalist, came into the competition as the world leader for 2023 and the returning silver medalist, Tokyo Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra were top qualifiers to the final. Oliver Helander started things off with 83.38m, Vadlejch followed him with 82.59m. The first two throws of the competition would prove to ...
Now, India and Pakistan are competing against each other in the javelin throw at the Olympics, too. When Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India finished 1-2 at the ...
Neeraj Chopra was the reigning Olympic and World champion, having won gold at the previous Olympics and 2023 World Championships respectively. The silver medalist from Tokyo 2020 and reigning European champion Jakub Vadlejch also qualified for the event. The bronze medalist from three years earlier, Vítězslav Veselý had retired.
Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [2] He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and subsequently the first gold for India at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [3]
Men's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Venue Carrara Stadium Dates 13 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final) Competitors 24 from 19 nations Winning distance 86.47 m Medalists Neeraj Chopra India Hamish Peacock Australia Anderson Peters Grenada ← 2014 2022 → Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women ...
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal.