Neeraj Chopra - Wikipedia

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Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian
track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. A Neeraj Chopra
Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army, Chopra VSM
is the first track and field athlete to win a gold medal for India at
the Olympics. He is also 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 86.48 m,
becoming the first Indian athlete to set a world record.
Chopra participated in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the

2018 Asian Games, being the flag-bearer in the latter and
winning gold medals in both. In his debut at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics, Chopra won the gold medal on 7 August 2021 with a
throw of 87.58m in his second attempt. As of 2021, he is one of
only two Indians to have won an individual Olympic gold medal
(the other being Abhinav Bindra), as well as the youngest-ever
Indian gold medalist in an individual event and the only one to
have won gold in his Olympic debut.
Chopra in 2017
Contents Personal information

Full name Neeraj Chopra
Early life and education
Nationality Indian
Career
Early career Born 24 December 1997
2016 Junior World Champion and Army induction Panipat, Haryana,

2017–2021 India
2020 Tokyo Olympics Education DAV College,

Chandigarh
Results and seasonal bests
International competitions Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Seasonal bests by year Military career
Awards and recognition Allegiance India
Notes Service/ Indian Army
See also branch
References Years of 2016–present
External links service
Rank
Subedar
Early life and education
Service JC-471869A[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeraj_Chopra 1/16
Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 number

December 1997,[7] in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana. Unit 4 Rajputana Rifles[3]
He has two sisters and his family is largely involved in
agriculture.[8] He graduated from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Awards Vishisht Seva
College in Chandigarh,[9] and as of 2021 is pursuing a Bachelor Medal
of Arts from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, Sport
Punjab.[10]
Country India
Sport Track and field
Career
Rank 2 [4]
Event(s) Javelin throw
Early career Coached by Uwe Hohn
After local children teased him about his childhood obesity, Achievements and titles
Chopra's father enrolled him in a gymnasium at Madlauda; he Highest 2 (Achieved on 11
was later enrolled in a gym in Panipat. While playing at Shivaji world August 2021) [5]
stadium in Panipat, he saw some javelin throwers and began ranking
participating himself.[11]
Personal NR 88.07 m (2021)[6]
While there, he visited the nearby Panipat Sports Authority of best(s)
India (SAI) centre, where javelin thrower Jaiveer Choudhary Medal record
recognised his early talent in the winter of 2010.[12] Observing
Chopra's ability to achieve a 40-metre throw without training Men's Javelin throw
and impressed by his drive, Choudhary became his first Representing India
coach.[13]
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
After training under Choudhary for a year, the 13-year-old Olympic Games 1 – –
Chopra was admitted to the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in World Championships – – –
Panchkula, four hours from his home. The sports complex was
then one of only two facilities in the state of Haryana with a Asian Games 1 – –
synthetic runway. There, he trained under coach Naseem Commonwealth Games 1 – –
Ahmad, who made him train in long-distance running along Asian Championships 1 – –
with the javelin throw. While initially at Tau Devi, he typically
achieved throws of around 55 metres. Chopra soon increased South Asian Games 1 – –
his range, and in the National Junior Athletics Championships World Junior 1 – –
in Lucknow on 27 October 2012, won gold with a new national Championships
record throw of 68.40 metres.[14][15] The next year, he entered Asian Junior – 1 –
his first international competition, the World Youth Championships
Championships in Ukraine. He won his first international medal
in 2014, a silver at the Youth Olympics Qualification in Total 6 1 0
Bangkok.[16] He achieved his first throw of over 70 metres at the Olympic Games
2014 senior nationals, following this up with a world record Javelin
throw in the junior category of 81.04 metres in the 2015 All 2020 Tokyo
throw
India Inter-University Athletics Meet; this was his first throw of
over 80 metres.[15] Chopra received a callback for the national- Asian Games
level training camp in 2015,[13] leaving Panchkula in 2016 to Javelin
2018 Jakarta
train at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala.[17] throw
He won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games with a
Commonwealth Games
throw of 84.23 m, where he equalled the Indian national
record.[18] 2018 Gold Coast Javelin
2016 Junior World Champion and Army induction throw

Asian Championships
Chopra won a gold medal in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Javelin
Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland and set a world junior 2017 Bhubaneshwar
throw
record of 86.48 m, becoming the first Indian athlete to achieve a
world record and also setting a new national record.[19] South Asian Games
Although his U20 record surpassed that of defending Olympic Javelin
champion Keshorn Walcott, Chopra failed to qualify for the 2016 Guwahati/Shillong
throw
2016 Summer Olympics as the cut-off date had been 11 July, the
World Junior Championships
week before the U20 championships. His preparations for Rio
had also been hampered by a back injury sustained in April Javelin
2016 Bydgoszcz
2016 during the Federation Cup in New Delhi, which had throw
noticeably affected his performance in competition.[19] Asian Junior Championships
Impressed with Chopra's performance at the South Asian Javelin

2016 Ho Chi Minh City
Games and his future potential, the Indian Army offered him a throw
direct appointment as a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in Updated on 12 August 2021.
the Rajputana Rifles with the rank of Naib Subedar, a rank
typically not immediately granted to athletes, who are usually
recruited as non-commissioned officers (NCO).[20] In September
2016, he left the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports to
train at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bangalore. He was
formally inducted as a JCO in December 2016, with effect from
May, and subsequently received leave to continue his training.[17]
2017–2021
Chopra won gold in the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships with Chopra receiving the Arjuna Award
a throw of 85.23 metres.[21] In the men's javelin throw at 2018 from Ram Nath Kovind, President of
Commonwealth Games, he registered a season-best effort of India, in 2018.
86.47 metres, becoming the first Indian to win the javelin throw
at the Commonwealth Games.[22] In May 2018, he again broke
the national record at the Doha Diamond League with a throw of
87.43 metres.[23]
In August 2018, Chopra made his debut appearance at the Asian

Games representing India, and was also the flag-bearer for the
Indian contingent during the 2018 Asian Games Parade of
Nations.[24] On 27 August, he threw a distance of 88.06 m to win
gold in the Men's javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Games and set a
new Indian national record, bettering his own previous record.[25]
It was also India's first gold medal in javelin throw at the Asian General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army
Games. Chopra was the only track and field athlete that year to be Staff, congratulating Chopra, gold
recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the medallist in javelin throw, and
country's highest sports award, the Major Dhyanchand Khel Gaurav Solanki, gold medallist in
Ratna, but was awarded the Arjuna Award in September 2018.[26] boxing, for their performance in the
He was further rewarded by the army with an out-of-turn 2018 Commonwealth Games.
promotion to subedar in November.[27]
Chopra missed the 2019 World Championships in Doha due to

bone spurs in his right elbow, undergoing surgery in Mumbai on
3 May 2019,[28] the day after the qualifying competitions for the
2020 Tokyo Olympics had begun. After a period of recuperation,
involving meditation and rehabilitative training at Patiala and the
Inspire Institute of Sport at Vijayanagar, Chopra travelled to
South Africa in November 2019 for training under German
biomechanics expert Klaus Bartoneitz.[29][30] Previously, he had
been coached by Gary Calvert,[31] Werner Daniels[32] and Uwe Chopra won a gold medal in the
Hohn.[33] After a 16-month hiatus, he returned to international 2017 Asian Athletics
competition in January 2020 with a winning throw of 87.86 Championships in Bhubaneshwar,
metres in the Athletics Central North West League Meeting in Odisha.
Potchefstroom, South Africa, which as a distance of over 85
meters qualified him for the Tokyo Olympiad.[29]
After South Africa, Chopra travelled to Turkey for training, but was forced to return to India in March
2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34] Owing to the pandemic and lockdown in India,[34] Chopra
spent the next year training at the NIS Patiala.[35] In late 2020, the Athletics Federation of India and
the Odisha state government aided the national javelin team by arranging a training camp at Kalinga
Stadium in Bhubaneswar, which Chopra attended from December 2020 through February 2021.[36]
On 5 March 2021, Chopra again broke his own national record with a new throw of 88.07m, which
ranked him third-best internationally.[37]
Owing to the pandemic, Chopra's visa application to travel to Sweden for training was rejected. After
weeks of attempting to secure a visa, which Chopra described as frustrating, he was cleared to travel
to Europe with his coach following the intervention of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and
the Ministry of External Affairs.[35][38] He flew to Paris on 5 June 2021 for a mandatory quarantine
period before travelling to Portugal for the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa.[34] He opened his international
season of 2021 there with a throw of 83.18 metres, which earned him a gold medal.[39] Chopra
remained in Lisbon until 19 June before travelling to Uppsala, Sweden with his coach for further
training, which was sanctioned by the Sports Authority of India at a cost of ₹34.85 lakh (US$49,000).
He went on to compete in the Karlstad Meet in Sweden on 22 June, where he achieved a gold with a
sub-par throw of 80.96 m. before winning a bronze in the Kuortane Games in Finland despite
achieving a throw of 86.79 m.[40][41] He 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.[42] Following the Kuortane Games, Chopra travelled to Lucerne to compete in the
Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, but decided to withdraw due to fatigue.[41] He attempted to secure a
visa for the United Kingdom to enter the Diamond League at Gateshead on 13 July, but faced
difficulties due to the pandemic and instead continued training and honing his technique in
Uppsala.[42]
2020 Tokyo Olympics
For the preparation for Tokyo Olympic, Neeraj Chopra was traning under his German coach Uwe
Hohn, biomechanics expert Klaus Bartonietz and physiotherapist Ishaan Marwaha. [43]During 2018 -
2019 Hohn improved Neeraj's throwing technique, which earlier was "wild" according to Hohn.[44]
Neeraj made his debut at the Olympics representing India at the 2020 Summer Olympics in National
stadium Japan, in Tokyo[45] On 4 August 2021, he was placed in Group A. Despite the effects of jet lag
since flying to Tokyo from Sweden on 26 July and a disrupted sleep schedule due to regular dope-
control testing,[42][46] Chopra topped his group and qualified for the final with a throw of 86.65
metres.[47]
As a result, Chopra won the gold medal in the final on 7 August with a throw of 87.58 m in his second
attempt, becoming the first Indian Olympian to win a gold medal in athletics, and the first post-
independence Indian Olympic medalist in athletics.[48]
Chopra's medal gave the Indian Olympics contingent a final total of seven medals, surpassing India's
previous best performance of six medals earned at the 2012 London Olympics.[49] As a result of his
performance in Tokyo, Chopra became the second-ranked athlete internationally in the men's javelin
throw, per the World Athletics rankings for the discipline.[50]
Chopra also became the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra,
who won the gold medal in men's 10m air rifle in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[51] He dedicated his
win to sprinters Milkha Singh and P. T. Usha, both former Olympians from India.[52]
According to some historians Neeraj Chopra is the first Olympic medalist in track and field for India,
but others have different opinions. According to Dr Otto Peltzer, a former German athlete and coach
who spent many years promoting track and field sports in India, Norman Pritchard was the first
Indian track and field Olympic medalist at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Both the International Olympic
Committee and Indian Olympic Association officially recognise Pritchard as India's first Olympic
medalist in athletics.[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][n 1]
Results and seasonal bests
International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

Representing India
Javelin throw
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 19th (q) 66.75 m
(700 g)
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 9th Javelin throw 70.50 m
2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India Javelin throw 82.23 m
2016 Asian Junior Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Javelin throw 77.60 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland WJR Javelin throw 86.48 m
82.11
Jinhua, China
m[60]
83.32
Asian Grand Prix Series Jiaxing, China Javelin throw
m[61]
79.90
Taipei, Taiwan
m[62]
Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India Javelin throw 85.23 m

2017
84.67
Paris, France
m[63]
7th
78.92
IAAF Diamond League Fontvieille, Monaco Javelin throw
(10 pts) m[64]
83.80
Zurich, Switzerland
m[65]
World Championships London, United Kingdom 15th (q) Javelin throw 82.26 m
82.80
Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting Offenburg, Germany Javelin throw
m[66]
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia Javelin throw 86.47 m
87.43
Doha, Qatar
m[67]
80.81
Eugene, Oregon, USA
4th
m[68]
IAAF Diamond League Javelin throw
(17 pts) 83.32
Rabat, Morocco
2018 m[69]
85.73
Zurich, Switzerland
m[70]
Sotteville-lès-Rouen, 85.17
Sotteville Athletics Meet Javelin throw
France m[71]
85.69
Savo Games Lapinlahti, Finland Javelin throw
m[72]
Jakarta and Palembang, 88.06

Asian Games NR Javelin throw
Indonesia m[73]
Athletics Central North West
League Meeting
2020 South Africa (q) Javelin Throw 87.86m[29]

(qualifying event for Summer
Olympics)
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

Representing India
83.18
2021 Meeting Cidade de Lisboa Portugal Javelin Throw
m[74]
80.96
2021 Folksam Grand Prix Sweden Javelin Throw
m[74]
86.79
2021 Kourtane Games Finland Javelin Throw
m[74][75]
87.58
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan Javelin Throw
m[76]
NR−National Records
WJR−World U20 Junior Records
q−Qualification round
Seasonal bests by year
Year Performance[7] Place Date
2013 69.66 metres Patiala, India 26 Jul

2014 70.19 metres Patiala, India 17 Aug
2015 81.04 metres Patiala, India 31 Dec
2016 86.48 metres Bydgoszcz, Poland 23 Jul
2017 85.63 metres Patiala, India 2 Jun
2018 88.06 metres Jakarta, Indonesia 27 Aug
2020 87.86 metres South Africa 28 Jan
2021 88.07 metres Patiala, India 5 Mar
Awards and recognition

Arjuna Award - 2018[77]
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) - 2020 Republic Day honours[2][78]
Notes
1. Pritchard won the first Olympic track and field medal in the 1900 Paris Olympics, competing in the
200 meter sprint and the 200 meter hurdles events. Thus, Chopra became the second Olympic
track and field medalist for India. Pritchard technically competed for Britain as British India did not
officially gain representation within the Olympic Movement until 1920; however, the International
Olympic Committee and the Athletics Federation of India officially regard Pritchard as having
competed for India and credit his medals accordingly. Olympics historian and journalist Gulu
Ezekiel further observes that though Pritchard was an Englishman of English parentage, he was
born in Calcutta and developed his abilities as a champion sprinter and hurdler while representing
the Bengal Presidency in events within India.[53]
See also
Athletics in India
Javelin throw at the Olympics
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External links
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Neeraj Chopra (https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Neeraj+Chopra&s=nm) at IMDb
Neeraj Chopra (https://m.facebook.com/100044588912252/) at Facebook
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Contents Personal information

2016 Junior World Champion and Army induction Panipat, Haryana,

2020 Tokyo Olympics Education DAV College,

Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 number

2016 Junior World Champion and Army induction throw

Impressed with Chopra's performance at the South Asian Javelin

In August 2018, Chopra made his debut appearance at the Asian

Chopra missed the 2019 World Championships in Doha due to

2020 Tokyo Olympics

Results and seasonal bests

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India Javelin throw 82.23 m

World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland WJR Javelin throw 86.48 m

Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India Javelin throw 85.23 m

Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia Javelin throw 86.47 m

Jakarta and Palembang, 88.06

2020 South Africa (q) Javelin Throw 87.86m[29]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

Seasonal bests by year

Year Performance[7] Place Date

2013 69.66 metres Patiala, India 26 Jul

Awards and recognition

57. "Norman Pritchard – 'The Pioneer' " (https://www.indianathletics.in/norman-pritchard-the-pioneer).

68. "Results - Men Pole Vault" (https://www.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Default/files/document

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