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Once again, India’s iconic athlete Neeraj Chopra has made us proud by winning the silver medal at World Athletics Championship in Eugene, United States on 24 July 2022. He is known as the Golden Arm after he secured the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. No doubt it’s not the gold medal everyone craves, but it is worth in weight, for it is the only medal won by an Indian male athlete. He is after Anju Bobby George’s, who won the bronze medal for India in the women’s long jump event at World Athletics Championship held in Paris in 2003. After a long waiting time of 19 years, this moment of celebration has come. The first position was held by the defending champion Anderson Peters who threw the javelin at a distance of 90.21m and followed by a silver medalist throw of 88.13m. 

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Facts to know about Neeraj Chopra

• Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete as a javelin thrower.
• Born on 24 Dec 1997 in Panipat, Haryana.
• Graduated from DAV Chandigarh and pursuing BA from Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
• He is appointed as JCO with the rank of Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles of the Indian Army.
• His first coach was Jaiveer Chaudhary.
• He started his career at the age of 13.
• At the Stockholm Diamond League, he produced his personal best throw of 89.94m in 2022.
• At the Tokyo Olympics 2022, he threw the javelin at 87.58m.

Domestic Achievements

Tournaments	Year	Medal
District Championships	2010	Bronze
National Junior Athletics Championship	2012	Gold

International Achievements

Tournaments	Venue	Year	Medal
Youth Olympics	Ukraine	2014	Silver
South Asian Games	Guwahati	2016	Gold
IAAF World U20 Championship	Poland	2016	Gold
Asian Athletics Championships	Bhubneshwar	2017	Gold
Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast	2018	Gold
Asian Games	Indonesia	2018	Gold
Tokyo Olympics	Japan	2020	Gold
Stockholm Diamond League	Sweden	2022	Silver
World Athletics Championships	United States	2022	Silver

But here is one disappointing news, he will not be participating in the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham due to a groin injury that he suffered during the World Athletics Championships.

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