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Chopra won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, becoming the first Asian javelin throw athlete to do so. [8] He became the first Asian to win a gold in javelin at the World Championships after his win in 2023. Chopra has won gold medals in every major tournament. He has a podium finish streak in 24 consecutive competitions, dating back to 2020. [9]
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]
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]
Neeraj Chopra won India's first athletic gold medal in 2020 and followed up with a silver in 2024. India sent its largest delegation consisting of 119 athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [86] [87] [88] India registered its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze.
The Indian eventually won the Asiad gold thanks to getting 88.88 metres on his fourth registered effort. But before that he was trailing his compatriot and rival Kishore Jena and there was a ...
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. [11] [42]
Neeraj Chopra won the country's first javelin gold medal, setting a new national record in the process. Indian pair of Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's pair in the Asian Games
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