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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 .
As of 2020, three sportspersons in athletics have been awarded the highest sporting award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, a former middle distance runner who won a gold medal in 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in 1500 metres at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, and a gold medal in both the 800 metres and 1500 ...
Neeraj Chopra: 5 March 2021 Indian Grand Prix Patiala, India [50] 89.30 m Neeraj Chopra: 14 June 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games: Turku, Finland [51] [52] 89.94 m Neeraj Chopra: 30 June 2022 BAUHAUS-galan: Stockholm, Sweden [53] Combined Events Decathlon: 7658 pts Bharatinder Singh: 11–12 June 2011 Indian Inter-State Championships Bangalore, India [54]
India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has revealed that he is now married in a brief announcement on social media.. The two-time Olympic medalist, one of the country’s most famous sports ...
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 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.
Neeraj Chopra: Athletics: Male 2018 Hima Das: Athletics: Female 2018 Ankur Dhama: Athletics § Male 2018 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran: Table Tennis: Male 2018 Jinson Johnson: Athletics: Male 2018 Pooja Kadian: Wushu: Female 2018 Satish Kumar: Boxing: Male 2018 Sumit Malik: Wrestling: Male 2018 Smriti Mandhana: Cricket: Female 2018 Ankur Mittal ...
Neeraj Chopra, one of the passengers on the flight, told the AP that the captain alerted passengers that the plane needed to turn around about three hours before they were supposed to land in New ...