
Why In News
Recently, Neeraj Chopra won a Gold medal for India in Tokyo Olympic,2020 and became a 1st athlete to win a medal in Track and Field ,Second athlete to win a individuals gold medal in Olympics after Abhinav Bindra.
- He is the Youngest ever Indian gold medalist in an individual event.
- He is the only one to win a gold in his Olympic debut.
Neeraj Chopra
Sport:- Javelin Throw
Born:- Panipat, Haryana
World Ranking:- 02
Coach:- Uwe Hohn(Germany)
Medals
- Tokyo Olympic,2020:- Gold
- Asian Games,2018:- Gold
- Commonwealth Games,2018:- Gold
- Asian Championships,2017:- Gold
- South Asian Games,2016:- Gold
- World Junior Championships,2016:-Gold
- Asian Junior Championship,2016:-Silver