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Neeraj Chopra

24 December 1997 – present

Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the world under-20 title in 2016 with a world junior record and became the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics at the Tokyo Games in 2021. He added the world championship title in 2023 and an Olympic silver medal in 2024, and also serves as an officer in the Indian Army.

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Born in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana
24 December 1997
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Won gold at the World U20 Championships
2016

Set a world under-20 record of 86.48 metres in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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Commissioned into the Indian Army
2016

Joined as a junior commissioned officer in the Rajputana Rifles.

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Won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast
2018
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Won gold at the Asian Games in Jakarta
2018

Set a national record in the final.

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Won the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo
7 August 2021

Threw 87.58 metres to take India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics.

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Won silver at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene
2022

India's first medal in a men's event at the world championships.

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Won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
2023
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Won the Olympic silver medal in Paris
2024
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Threw beyond 90 metres for the first time
2025

Recorded 90.23 metres at the Doha Diamond League meeting.

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