Who is Neeraj Chopra? Know the Indian javelin throw athlete and his records, medals and achievements at the Olympics, World Athletics Championships and more from his career.
Tokyo Olympic gold medallistNeeraj Choprais the world No. 1 in the latest men's javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics on Monday. Neeraj Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points, 22 ahead of Grenada’s Anderson Peters. The Indian javelin throw ace rose to world No. 2 on Au...
Neeraj Chopra, India’s golden boy of athletics, has once again made the nation proud by clinching the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics 2024. Following his historic gold medal victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Chopra has solidified his status as one of t...
He has brought several awards for the country in javelin throw, including the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics and the silver medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. His victory has made everyone take pride in his achievement and consider him part of their family. Consequent...
Tokyo 2022 Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra became the world No. 1 men’s javelin thrower in the World Athletics rankings last month after surpassing the reigning world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada.
Heading into Budapest 23, Neeraj Chopra was already the first Indian track and field athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics (Tokyo 2020), the Diamond League title (2022) and the junior world championships (2016). "This was great," Neeraj Chopra said. "After the Olympic gold I re...
Reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal with a season-best throw of 88.88m. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist's first throw had to be retaken after a technical glitch. While his first three throws did not breach the 85m mark, Neeraj threw his fourth career-best throw to suc...
Shivpal Singh had missed the 85m qualifying mark for the 2020 Olympics at the South Asian Games in December but surpassed it with ease this time around. While Neeraj Chopra has undoubtedly become the face of Indian javelin throwing after his multiple medal hauls at various events, Shivpal Singh...
Chopra stands on the podium with his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Prior to Chopra, India had practically no history in track and field, winning most of its Olympic medals in field hockey and wrestling. ...