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Neeraj Chopra

India · 2016–present

India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics.

2021
Olympic gold: 2023
World title: 89.94 m
Personal best: 2
Olympic medals

Career

Chopra won in Tokyo with a second-round throw of 87.58 m, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic athletics title and only the second to win an individual gold in any sport. He added the world title in 2023 and has since thrown past 89 m.

Honours

Olympic champion, 2020 — India's first athletics gold
World Champion, 2023
Olympic silver medallist, 2024
Diamond League champion, 2022

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