Key facts
- Born
- 24 December 1997, Panipat district
- State of birth
- Panipat district, Haryana
- Sector
- Athletics
- Profession
- Indian male javelin thrower
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Neeraj Chopra is an Indian javelin thrower. He has won gold medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Championships and Asian Games. Chopra has won the Diamond League once. He won the Olympic gold medal in 2020 and became the first Asian javelin thrower to do so. He became the first Asian to win a gold medal in javelin throw at the 2023 World Championships. Chopra finished in the top two in 26 consecutive tournaments from June 2021 to September 2025, the second longest such streak in history behind that of javelin world record holder Jan Železný.
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Timeline
- 1997Born in Panipat district
- 2018Awarded the Arjuna Award
- 2021Awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
- 2022Awarded the Padma Shri in sports
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5