Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 ROR and is a track and field athlete from India and the reigning Olympic champion, World championship silver medalist, and the Diamond League champion in javelin throw.
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Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 ROR and is a track and field athlete from India and the reigning Olympic champion, World championship silver medalist, and the Diamond League champion in javelin throw.
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Neeraj Chopra is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's javelin throw.
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Neeraj Chopra is the first track and field athlete from India to win at the IAAF World U20 Championships, where in 2016 he achieved a world under-20 record throw of 86.
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Neeraj Chopra participated in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Asian Games, serving as the flag-bearer in the latter and winning gold medals in both.
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On 14 June 2022, Neeraj Chopra marked his return with a new national record of 89.
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On 23 July 2022, Neeraj Chopra won Silver medal in 2022 World Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.
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Neeraj Chopra has two sisters and his family is largely involved in agriculture.
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Neeraj Chopra graduated from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College in Chandigarh, and as of 2021, is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, Punjab.
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Neeraj Chopra accepted the offer and joined the army under sports quota.
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Neeraj Chopra visited the nearby Panipat Sports Authority of India centre, where javelin thrower Jaiveer Choudhary recognised his early talent in the winter of 2010.
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Neeraj Chopra learned the basics of the sport from Choudhary and a few more experienced athletes who had trained under a javelin coach in Jalandhar.
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Neeraj Chopra soon won his first medal, a bronze in the district championships, and then persuaded his family to allow him to live in Panipat while developing his abilities.
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In 2013, Neeraj Chopra entered his first international competition, the World Youth Championships in Ukraine.
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Neeraj Chopra achieved his first throw of over 70 metres at the 2014 senior nationals.
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In 2015, Neeraj Chopra broke the previous world record in the junior category, throwing 81.
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Neeraj Chopra was assigned his first dedicated javelin coach, 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Kashinath Naik, but found Naik's training regimen too difficult and resumed training on his own after a month and a half.
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At the 2016 South Asian Games, Neeraj Chopra achieved a new personal best during the athletics finals in Guwahati on 9 February, winning gold with a throw of 82.
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Neeraj Chopra began training under Australian coach Gary Calvert that month.
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Neeraj Chopra was formally inducted as a JCO in December 2016, and subsequently received extended leave to continue his training.
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Neeraj Chopra won gold in the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships with a throw of 85.
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Neeraj Chopra then left for Offenburg, Germany in November to train for three months with Werner Daniels, whom he had briefly worked with before the 2017 World Championships.
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On 5 March 2021, Neeraj Chopra again broke his own national record with a throw of 88.
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Neeraj Chopra opened his international season of 2021 there with a throw of 83.
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Neeraj Chopra attributed his reduced performance in Finland to a tendency to throw higher than he wanted, along with having to use a different javelin as his own was unavailable.
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Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra, who won the gold medal in men's 10 m air rifle in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal with a new personal best of 89.
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Neeraj Chopra didn't attend the 2022 Commonwealth Games due to groin injury, where he was the reigning champion.
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On September 8,2022, Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League Finals in Zurich, with a best throw of 88.
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