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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 December 1997, in [[Khandra , Panipat district|Khandra]] village, [[Panipat district]], [[Haryana]]; his family is largely a [[Haryanavi]] agricultural family.<ref name="lokmat">{{Cite web|last=Philip|first=Benson|date=2021-08-07|title=Tokyo Olympics: Farmer's son Neeraj Chopra from Khandra village, Haryana ends India's 100-year wait gold in athletics|url=https://english.lokmat.com/photos/other-sports/tokyo-olympics-farmers-son-neeraj-chopra-from-khandra-village-haryana-ends-indias-100-year-wait-gold/|access-date=2021-08-08|publisher=[[Lokmat|Lokmat English]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TNS">{{cite news |title=Celebrations at Neeraj's village |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/celebrations-at-neeraj-s-village/643757.html |access-date=22 September 2018 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180922222149/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/celebrations-at-neeraj-s-village/643757.html |archive-date=22 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HT interview">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Aasheesh |title='Zuckerberg and Katrina messaged me,' says junior javelin world champ Neeraj Chopra |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/pm-modi-mark-zuckerberg-all-messaged-me-says-junior-javelin-world-champ-neeraj-chopra/story-5uITOtniwhY3Ng3AMeJRhP.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 September 2016 |access-date=8 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="spearman">{{cite news |last=Amsan |first=Andrew |date=29 July 2018 |title=Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra, spearman from Khandra|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/asian-games-neeraj-chopra-spearman-from-khandra-5281087/|work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> He has two sisters.<ref name="lokmat" /><ref name="HT interview" /> He graduated from [[DAV College, Chandigarh|Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College]] in Chandigarh and is currently pursuing a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Lovely Professional University]] in Jalandhar, Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 August 2021|first=Murukesh|last=Krishnan|title=From 'Subedar Neeraj Chopra' to 'Olympian Neeraj Chopra' – Story of an Indian Army soldier|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/from-subedar-neeraj-chopra-to-olympian-neeraj-chopra-story-of-an-indian-army-soldier/796112|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-07|work=[[Times Now]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-03|title=10% of the entire Indian contingent are LPU students at the Tokyo Olympics - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spotlight/10-of-the-entire-indian-contingent-are-lpu-students-at-the-tokyo-olympics/articleshow/84849419.cms|access-date=2021-08-08|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 December 1997, in [[Khandra , Panipat district|Khandra]] village, [[Panipat district]], [[Haryana]]; his family is largely a [[Haryanavi]] agricultural family.<ref name="lokmat">{{Cite web|last=Philip|first=Benson|date=2021-08-07|title=Tokyo Olympics: Farmer's son Neeraj Chopra from Khandra village, Haryana ends India's 100-year wait gold in athletics|url=https://english.lokmat.com/photos/other-sports/tokyo-olympics-farmers-son-neeraj-chopra-from-khandra-village-haryana-ends-indias-100-year-wait-gold/|access-date=2021-08-08|publisher=[[Lokmat|Lokmat English]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TNS">{{cite news |title=Celebrations at Neeraj's village |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/celebrations-at-neeraj-s-village/643757.html |access-date=22 September 2018 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180922222149/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/celebrations-at-neeraj-s-village/643757.html |archive-date=22 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HT interview">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Aasheesh |title='Zuckerberg and Katrina messaged me,' says junior javelin world champ Neeraj Chopra |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/pm-modi-mark-zuckerberg-all-messaged-me-says-junior-javelin-world-champ-neeraj-chopra/story-5uITOtniwhY3Ng3AMeJRhP.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 September 2016 |access-date=8 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="spearman">{{cite news |last=Amsan |first=Andrew |date=29 July 2018 |title=Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra, spearman from Khandra|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/asian-games-neeraj-chopra-spearman-from-khandra-5281087/|work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> He belongs to [[Ror]] caste.<ref>{{Cite web|title=E-paper|url=https://epaper.punjabkesari.in/ms/icici/haryana/2021-08-10/main-panipat#pages/6|access-date=2021-08-10|website=epaper.punjabkesari.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-24|title=‘Zuckerberg and Katrina messaged me,’ says junior javelin world champ Neeraj Chopra|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/pm-modi-mark-zuckerberg-all-messaged-me-says-junior-javelin-world-champ-neeraj-chopra/story-5uITOtniwhY3Ng3AMeJRhP.html|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>He has two sisters.<ref name="lokmat" /><ref name="HT interview" /> He graduated from [[DAV College, Chandigarh|Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College]] in Chandigarh and is currently pursuing a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Lovely Professional University]] in Jalandhar, Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 August 2021|first=Murukesh|last=Krishnan|title=From 'Subedar Neeraj Chopra' to 'Olympian Neeraj Chopra' – Story of an Indian Army soldier|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/from-subedar-neeraj-chopra-to-olympian-neeraj-chopra-story-of-an-indian-army-soldier/796112|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-07|work=[[Times Now]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-03|title=10% of the entire Indian contingent are LPU students at the Tokyo Olympics - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spotlight/10-of-the-entire-indian-contingent-are-lpu-students-at-the-tokyo-olympics/articleshow/84849419.cms|access-date=2021-08-08|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 05:33, 10 August 2021

Neeraj Chopra
VSM
Chopra in 2017
Personal information
Full nameNeeraj Chopra
NicknameGolden Boy[1][2][3][4]
NationalityIndian
Born (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)[5]
Panipat, Haryana, India
EducationDAV College, Chandigarh
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[6]
Military career
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of service2016–present
Rank Subedar
Service numberJC-471869A[7]
Unit4 Rajputana Rifles[8]
Awards Vishisht Seva Medal
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTrack and field
EventJavelin throw
Coached byUwe Hohn
Achievements and titles
Personal bests• 87.58 meters ( At 2020 Tokyo Olympic)[9]

• NR 88.07m (2021)

• WJR 86.48m (2016)
Medal record
Men's Javelin throw
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 – –
World Championships – – –
Asian Games 1 – –
Commonwealth Games 1 – –
Asian Championships 1 – –
South Asian Games 1 – –
World Junior Championships 1 – –
Asian Junior Championships – 1 –
Total 6 1 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Javelin throw
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bhubaneshwar Javelin throw
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Javelin throw
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Ho Chi Minh City Javelin throw
Updated on 7 August 2021

Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997)[5] is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.[10] A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army, Chopra is the first track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for India,[9][11] winning the medal during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's javelin throw.[12]

In the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, Chopra achieved a world under-20 record of 86.48 m.[13] Debuting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Asian Games, at which he was the opening flag-bearer,[14][15][16] he won gold medals in both Games. In his Olympics debut, Chopra won the gold medal on 7 August 2021 with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt.[17][18] He is one of only two Indians to have won an individual Olympic gold medal (alongside Abhinav Bindra),[19][20] 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.[21]

Early life and education

Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 December 1997, in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana; his family is largely a Haryanavi agricultural family.[22][23][24][25] He belongs to Ror caste.[26][27]He has two sisters.[22][24] He graduated from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College in Chandigarh and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, Punjab.[28][29]

Career

Early career

After local children teased him about his childhood obesity, Chopra's father enrolled him in a gymnasium at Madlauda; he was later enrolled in a gym in Panipat.[25] While there, he also visited the nearby Panipat Sports Authority of India centre, where javelin thrower Jaiveer Choudhary recognized his early talent.[25][30] Observing Chopra's ability to achieve a 40-metre throw without training and impressed by his drive, Choudhary became his first coach.[25][31][32][33]

Chopra receiving the Arjuna Award from Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, in 2018.

After training under Choudhary for a year, the 13-year-old Chopra was admitted to the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, four hours from his home. The sports complex was then one of only two facilities in the state of Haryana with a synthetic runway.[33] There, he trained under coach Naseem Ahmad, who made him train in long-distance running along with the javelin throw.[33] While initially at Tau Devi, he typically achieved throws of around 55 metres.[33] Chopra soon increased his range, and won the 2012 junior nationals in Lucknow by achieving a new national record throw of 68.40 metres.[33] The next year, he entered his first international competition, the World Youth Championships in Ukraine.[31] He won his first international medal in 2014, a silver at the Youth Olympics Qualification in Bangkok.[31] He achieved his first throw of over 70 metres at the 2014 senior nationals, following this up with a world record throw in the junior category of 81.04 metres in the 2015 All India Inter-University Athletics Meet; this was his first throw of over 80 metres.[33] Chopra received a callback for the national-level training camp in 2015,[25] leaving Panchkula in early 2016 to train at NIS Patiala.[33][34] He won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games with a throw of 84.23 m, where he equalled the Indian national record.[35]

2016 Junior World Champion and Army induction

General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff, congratulating Chopra, gold medallist in javelin throw, and Gaurav Solanki, gold medallist in boxing, for their performance in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Chopra won a gold medal in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland and set a world junior record of 86.48 m. He however failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the cut-off date had been 11 July, the week before the U20 championships.[35] Impressed with Chopra's performance at the South Asian Games and his future potential, the Indian Army offered him a direct appointment as a Junior Commissioned Officer in 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).[36] In September 2016, he left the NIS Patiala to train at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru.[34] He was formally inducted as a JCO in December 2016, with effect from May, and subsequently received leave to continue his training.[34][37]

2017–2021

Chopra won a gold medal in the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

Chopra won gold in the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships with a throw of 85.23 metres.[38] In the men's javelin throw at 2018 Commonwealth Games, he registered a season-best effort of 86.47 metres, becoming one of the few Indian athletes to win a gold medal on their Commonwealth Games debut, also becoming the first Indian to win the javelin throw at the Games.[39] In May 2018, he again broke the national record at the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 87.43 metres.[40]

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.[41] 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.[42][43] It was also India's first gold medal in javelin throw at the Asian Games. Chopra was the only track and field athlete that year to be recommended by the AFI for the country's highest sports award, the Khel Ratna, but was awarded the Arjuna Award in September 2018.[44] He was further rewarded by the army with an out-of-turn promotion to subedar in November.[45]

Having suffered an elbow injury, Chopra underwent surgery in Mumbai on 2 May 2019, the day after the qualifying competitions for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics had begun.[17] After a period of recuperation, involving meditation and rehabilitative training at Patiala and the IIS Vijayanagar, Chopra travelled to South Africa in November 2019 for training under German biomechanics expert Klaus Bartoneitz.[46][47] Previously, he had been coached by Gary Calvert,[48] Werner Daniels[49] and Uwe Hohn.[50] After a 16-month hiatus, he returned to international competition in January 2020 with a winning throw of 87.86 metres in the Athletics Central North West League Meeting in Potchefstroom, South Africa, which as a distance of over 85 meters qualified him for the Tokyo Olympiad.[46]

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.[51] Owing to the pandemic and lockdown in India,[51] Chopra spent the next year training at the NIS Patiala.[52] 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.[53] On 5 March 2021, Chopra again broke his own national record with a new throw of 88.07m, which ranked him third-best internationally.[54][55]

Owing to the pandemic, Chopra's visa application to travel to Sweden for training was rejected.[56] 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.[52][56] He flew to Paris on 5 June 2021 for a mandatory quarantine period before travelling to Portugal for the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa.[51] He opened his international season of 2021 there with a throw of 83.18 metres, which earned him a gold medal.[57] 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$42,000).[58][54]

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.[54][59] 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.[60] Following the Kuortane Games, Chopra travelled to Lucerne to compete in the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, but decided to withdraw due to fatigue.[59] He attempted to secure a visa for the United Kingdom to enter the Diamond League at Gateshead on 13 June, but faced difficulties due to the pandemic and instead continued training and honing his technique in Uppsala.[60]

2020 Tokyo Olympics

See also: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Chopra made his debut at the Olympics representing India at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[61] 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,[60][62] Chopra topped his group and qualified for the final in the men's javelin throw with a throw of 86.65 metres.[17][61][63] Competing with more-experienced and better-performing athletes, notably Johannes Vetter of Germany, Chopra's strategy for the final, which he developed with his coach Bartonietz, was to rely on his speed and put pressure on the rest of the field with a powerful long throw.[64]

As a result, Chopra won the gold medal in the final on 7 August with a throw of 87.58 m,[65] becoming the first Indian Olympian to win a gold medal in athletics, and the first post-independence Indian Olympic medalist in athletics.[19][66][67][68][69] India won this medal after 120 years in Olympics. He is the youngest Olympic gold medalist of the country. He is first javelin thrower Olympic Gold medalist of India.[70][n 1][72][73]

Chopra also became the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra, who won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[13][19] He dedicated his win to sprinters Milkha Singh and P. T. Usha, both former Olympians from India.[74][75]

Results and seasonal bests

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  India
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 19th (q) Javelin throw (700 g) 66.75 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 9th Javelin throw 70.50 m
2016 2016 South Asian Games Guwahati, India 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin throw 82.23 m
Asian Junior Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Javelin throw 77.60 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) WJR Javelin throw 86.48 m
2017 Asian Grand Prix Series Jinhua, China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Javelin throw 82.11 m[76]
Jiaxing, China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 83.32 m[77]
Taipei, Taiwan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 79.90 m[78]
Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin throw 85.23 m
IAAF Diamond League Paris, France 7th
(10 pts) 		Javelin throw 84.67 m[79]
Fontvieille, Monaco 78.92 m[80]
Zurich, Switzerland 83.80 m[81]
World Championships London, United Kingdom 15th (q) Javelin throw 82.26 m
2018 Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting Offenburg, Germany 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Javelin throw 82.80 m[82]
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin throw 86.47 m
IAAF Diamond League Doha, Qatar 4th
(17 pts) 		Javelin throw 87.43 m[83]
Eugene, Oregon, USA 80.81 m[84]
Rabat, Morocco 83.32 m[85]
Zurich, Switzerland 85.73 m[86]
Sotteville Athletics Meet Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin throw 85.17 m[87]
Savo Games Lapinlahti, Finland 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin throw 85.69 m[88]
Asian Games Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia 1st place, gold medalist(s) NR Javelin throw 88.06 m[89]
2020 Athletics Central North West League Meeting
(qualifying event for Summer Olympics) 		South Africa 1st place, gold medalist(s) (q) Javelin Throw 87.86m[46]
2021 Meeting Cidade de Lisboa Portugal 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin Throw 83.18 m[90]
2021 Folksam Grand Prix Sweden 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin Throw 80.96 m[90]
2021 Kourtane Games Finland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Javelin Throw 86.79 m[91][90]
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s) Javelin Throw 87.58 m[69]
NR−National Records
WJR−World U20 Junior Records
q−Qualification round

Seasonal bests by year

Year Performance[92] 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

National awards and decorations
Rewards announced by various organisations for winning the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Notes

  1. ^ The first Olympic track and field medal was won by Norman Pritchard in the 1900 Paris Olympics in the 200 meters and 200 meters hurdles event. Thus, Chopra became only the second Olympic track and field medalist for India. Pritchard technically competed for Britain[dubious – discuss] 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 (AFI) 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 Kolkata and developed his abilities as a champion sprinter and hurdler while representing the Bengal Presidency in events within India.[71]

See also

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