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Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra

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