Biography of Neeraj Chopra

Biography of Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra is an Indian javelin thrower, the first track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for India. Chopra won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics with a throw of 87.58m in her second attempt on 7 August 2021. Neeraj Chopra showed the athlete medal for which the country was waiting for 121 years. Let us know the biography of Neeraj Chopra.

Introduction of Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 in Panipat, Haryana to Saroj Devi and Satish Kumar, residents of village Khandra. Neeraj Chopra has a total of five siblings. Neeraj's father Satish Kumar is a farmer by profession. After completing his early studies, Neeraj Chopra joined a BBA college in Chandigarh and did his graduation from there.

Neeraj Chopra career

Neeraj Chopra had an inclination towards sports since childhood. In particular, he made the javelin throw his goal and kept working hard for it. Especially when he trained under the direction of Uwe Hohn, a professional javelin athlete from Germany.

Neeraj Chopra's coach's name is Uwe Hohn, a former professional javelin athlete from Germany. Neeraj Chopra started throwing javelin at the age of 11. Neeraj Chopra made a record in the year 2016 to make his training even stronger, which proved to be very beneficial for him.

Neeraj Chopra bought a spear for himself in the year 2014, which was worth?7000. After this Neeraj Chopra bought a spear of? 1,000,000 to play at the international level. Neeraj Chopra won the match by throwing a javelin to a distance of 50.23 meters at the 2017 Asian Championships. He also participated in the IAAF Diamond League event in the same year, in which he finished seventh. After this Neeraj Chopra started training very hard with his coach and after that he set new records.

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In 2018, Neeraj succumbed to a shoulder injury after performing brilliantly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. Because of this, he stayed away from the game for a long time, after which many events were canceled due to Corona, which affected his game greatly, but even after this he made a strong comeback in the Indian Grand Prix held in Patiala in March this year. Neeraj broke his own record and made a new national record by throwing a throw of 88.07 meters.

'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra, who created history for India, did a lot of work on his fitness at home after the lockdown last year. Due to the Kovid-19 epidemic, there was a lockdown in the entire country between 25 March and 31 May last year. Gym, sports ground were locked everywhere, in such a situation Neeraj did not stop working on his fitness, but worked hard at home without gym equipment. The Tokyo Olympics were to be held in 2020, but were postponed for a year due to Kovid-19. Just a day before the end of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the gold medal in the javelin throw event.

Apart from throwing javelin, Neeraj also plays another role. In another avatar, Neeraj Chopra is also serving the post of Subedar in the Indian Army. Subedar Neeraj in the 4 Rajputana Rifles took up the sport in 2011.

Today the whole country is proud of Neeraj's achievement. As a soldier, he won the gold medal in a historic performance for India in the Tokyo Olympics with his golden throw.

Neeraj Chopra's medals at a glance

Tokyo Olympics 2021- Gold Medal

Asian Games 2018 - Gold Medal

Commonwealth Games 2018 - Gold Medal

Asian Athletics Championships 2017 - Gold Medal

World U-20 Athletics Championship 2016 - Gold Medal

South Asian Games 2016 - Gold Medal

Asian Junior Championship 2016 - Silver

Interesting facts about Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra's current world ranking is fourth in the javelin throw category. Apart from this, he has also won many medals and awards.

Neeraj Chopra was serving as a Subedar in the Indian Army before becoming an athlete. He was a Junior Commissioned Officer in this, at that time his age was only 19 years. And he used to run Rajputana Rifles at such an age.

Khiladi Neeraj Chopra is currently 23 years old, although he is not married yet. They are now concentrating their full attention only towards their destination.

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