Neeraj Chopra Biography,Age,Height,Instagram,Coach,Gold Medal,World Record
INTRODUCTION
Neeraj Chopra Is A Track And Field Athlete From India . He Is Reigning Silver Medalist In World Championship And Diamond League Competition In Javelin Throw . He Is First Indian Athlete To Win Gold Medal In Mens Javelin Throw . Neeraj Chopra Is The First Indian Athlete To Win Gold Medal In Olympics . He Is Also First Track And Field Athlete To Win In World Championship . He Became First Indian Athlete To Set A World Record Of 86.48 M .
Neeraj Chopra Participated In 2018 Commonwealth Games And 2018 Asian Games Serving As A Flag Barrer And Later Getting Gold Medals For India .
In His Debut In Tokyo 2020 Olympics Neeraj Chopra Won First Gold Medal . Neeraj Chopra Won Gold Medal By Thowing 86.48 m In His Second Attempt .
Neeraj Chopra Biography/Wiki
First Name | Neeraj |
Last Name | Chopra |
Nickname | Nijju |
Height | 5 Feet 11 Inches |
Hometown | Panipat |
Coach | Garvy Calvert Naseem Ahmad Werner Daniels |
Age | 24 Years |
Education | Graduation |
Nationality | Indian |
Neeraj Chopra Early Life And Education
Neeraj Chopra Was Born In ROR Family In Khandra Panipat He Has Two Sister And His Family Was Largley Involved In Agriculture . He Did His Schooling From BVN Public School . He Was Graduated From Anglo College Chandigarh And As Pursuing Bachelor Of Arts From Lovely Professional University , Jalandhar .
Impressed From Neeraj Chopra Performance In South Asian Games And His Future Concern Indian Army Offered Him As Junior Commision Officer ( JCO ) In The Rajputana Rifles With The Rank Of Naib Subedar . He Accepted The Offer And Joined The Indian Army .
Neeraj Chopra Athletics Career
After Local Children Teased About His Childhood Obesity His Father Enrolled Him In Gymnasium . He Was Later Enrolled In A Gym In A Panipat . While Playing At Shivaji Stadium In Panipat He Saw A Javelin Throwers And Begain Participating Himself
Chopra Visited The Panipat Sports Authority Of India Where Javellin Thrower Jaiveer Choudhary Recognised His Early Talent In The Winter Of 2010 . Observing Chopra Ability To Achieve 40M Without Training Impressed By His Drive .
Choudhary Become His First Coach Chopra Learned The Basic From Choudhary And Few More Athletes Who Had Trained Under Javellin Coach In Jalandhar . He Soon Won His First Bronze Medal In District Championship .
After Training Under Choudhary For a Year , The 13 Year Old Chopra Was Admitted To The Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex In Panchkula . There He Trained Under A coach Naseem Ahmad a Running Coach Who Made Him Train In Long Distance Running Along With Javellin Throw .
Initially At Tau Devi Chopra Achieved Thows Of Around 55 Metres But Soon Increase His Range In National Junior Championship Lucknow On 27 October 2012 Won Gold Medal with New National Record Of 68 Metres .
Medals | Gold Medals 2016 South Asians Games In Guwahati 2016 World U20 Championship Poland 2017 Asian Championship 2018 Asian Games 2021 Tokyo Olympics Silver Medals 2016 Asian Junior Championships 2017 Asian Grand Prix 2018 Asian Grand Prix Series 2022 World Athletics Championships Bronze Medals 2017 Asian Grand Prix |
Records | 2016 National Record 88.06M 2021 National Record 88.07M 2022 Diamond League 88.44M |
Awards , Honours , Achievements | 2017 Hindustan Times Top 30 Under 30 Award 2018 Arjuna Award 2020 Vishist Sewa Medal 2021 Sportstar ACES Awards 2021 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratan Award 2022 Padmashri Award |
Neeraj Chopra Instagram & Twitter Account
Neeraj Chopra Instagram Account – https://www.instagram.com/neeraj____chopra/?hl=en
Neeraj Chopra Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/neeraj_chopra1
Some Lesser Known Facts About Neeraj Chopra
- Neeraj Chopra Is An Indian Who Represents Indian In Javelin Throw
- He Lives In Joint Family With More Then 17 Other Members In Panipat
- In His Childhood He Used To Be Chubby Kid
- Neeraj Chopra Used To Wear White Kurta Pyjama
- During Interview Neeraj Chopra Father Shared That He Used To Be Mischevious Kid
- Neeraj Started His Training In Sports Authority Of India In Panipat
- Neeraj Doing Bachelors In Lovely Professional University Jalandhar
- Neeraj Shared That Senior Player Jaiveer Choudhary First Recognised His Talent
- He Was Appointed As Junior Comissioned Officer Naib Subedar Rank In Indian Army
- He Was Selected As Flag Bearer Of India In Asian Games 2018
- On 31 March 2020 He Donated 2 Lakhs In PM Cares Fund During Covid
- On 7 August 2021 He Won Gold Medal In Tokyo Olympics
- He Chopped Of His Long Hair Before Tokyo Olympics 2020 So That They Dont Effect Practice
- He Loves Travelling On Motorcycle
- He Owns Harley DavidSon
- Neeraj Chopra Loves Animals And Oftens Shares Pictures With Them
- In 2021 He Collab With CRED For Advertisement
For More Information – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeraj_Chopra