CHOPRA Neeraj

Date of Birth: 24 Dec 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PANIPAT

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : INDIA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WU20R	Men's Javelin Throw	86.48 m	23 July, 2016	Bydgoszcz (POL)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Javelin Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (82.26)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Indonesia	1st (88.06)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	1st (85.23)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2018	2 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2017	1 x 5th, 2 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2018	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	85.73
4	2018	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	87.43
5	2018	Javelin Throw	Rabat, MAR	83.32
5	2017	Javelin Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	84.67
6	2018	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	80.81
7	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	83.80
7	2017	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	78.92

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Cricket, volleyball. (celebrityxyz.com, 01 Aug 2017)

Occupation:

DAV College, Chandigarh, IND

Languages spoken:

Uwe Hohn [national], GER

He had elbow surgery in 2019 and was sidelined throughout the year. (olympicchannel.com, 23 Dec 2019)

He was sidelined for three months after injuring his back in April 2016. (firstpost.com, 07 Sep 2016)

He took up the sport in 2011 in Haryana, India. (firstpost.com, 07 Sep 2016)

He was inspired to take up the sport after watching javelin throwers train in Haryana, India. (firstpost.com, 07 Sep 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (moneycontrol.com, 02 May 2018; timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 12 Mar 2017)

Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny. (celebrityxyz.com, 01 Aug 2017)

Philosophy:

"When you work hard enough, the external factors fade away." (firstpost.com, 07 Sep 2016)

He was flag bearer for India at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (thehindu.com, 10 Aug 2018)

Milestones

He is the first athlete representing India to have won gold in javelin throw at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. He claimed victory at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Mar 2020; olympicchannel.com, 08 Dec 2019)

He became the first Indian competitor to win a junior world title in athletics when he claimed gold in javelin throw at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Mar 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WU20R:: World U20 Record

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