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Born: December 24, 1997 (age 23 years), Panipat, India
Personal best(s): NR 88.07m (2021), WJR 86.48m (2016)
Coach: Uwe Hohn
Rank: Subedar
Unit: 4 Rajputana Rifles
Parents: Saroj Devi, Satish Kumar
Gold medals: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men’s javelin throw, Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men’s javelin throw, Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men’s javelin throw
Name Neeraj Chopra
Mother’s Name Saroj Devi
Father’s Name Satish Kumar
Village Khandra
District Panipat
State Haryana
Age 23 years
Height 178 CM / 6 ft
Weight 86 KG
Olympic Medals 1 Gold Medal
Game Javelin Throw
Best Throw record 88.1 Meters
Job Soldier in India Army
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Chopra was born to Satish Kumar and Saroj Devi on 24 December 1997, in Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana.
He has two sisters and his family is largely involved in agriculture.
He graduated from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College in Chandigarh, and as of 2021 is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, Punjab.
Neeraj Chopra was born on 24th December 1997 in Khandra Village of Panipat, Haryana.
His family is basically an agriculture based earner.
He has two sisters and graduated from Dayanand Anglo Vedic College in Chandigarh.
He is currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts from Lovely Professional University, LPU in Jalandhar, Punjab.
His height is 178 m that makes him 5 feet 11 inches tall with the weight of 86 kilograms.
He contests in the category of track and field and is ranked 4 in the world.
He has had his training under Coach Uwe Hohn.
Neeraj was always teased for obesity as a child after which his father enrolled him in a gym at Madlauda and later at Panipat.
The javelin thrower Jaiveer Choudhary recognised his talent while he used to visit the Panipat Sports Authority. He was Neeraj’s first coach as well.
After that Neeraj was enrolled in Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula where he was trained by Naseem Ahmad.
He learnt the long run and javelin throw under him. He achieved the throw range of 55 metres but when he went to compete at Lucknow’s 2012 junior championship, he made a record throw of 68.40 metres.
At the senior national match he achieved the throw of 70 metres and at the junior category he threw a record 81.04 metres.
He then received a call from NIS Patiala where he went to train for the future.
Neeraj’s first medal was a silver at the Youth Olympics Qualification in Bangkok in 2014.
At South Asian Games, Chopra threw a record 87.3 metres to win a gold.
2016 was a good year again for him but he failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics due to cut off date clash.
He won a gold medal in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland and set a world junior record of 86.48 metres in javelin throw.
Neeraj Chopra was offered a post of Junior Commissioned Officer at the Rajputana Rifles in the army after the Indian Army was impressed with his performance at the South Asian Games.
He was given a rank of Naib Subedar which is not a rank easily available for the athletes.
He was formally inducted as a JCO in 2016 and was given leave to train.