Neeraj Chopra Age, Height ,Weight ,Family ,Biography & More

Neeraj Chopra has once again made the unbeaten feat of his homeland India in the name of India. Before this, Aanju Bobby George won a medal at the 2003 World Athletics Championship and Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian to win a medal. Neeraj Chopra’s biography will deatail his world record, age ,net worth, height, Olympic career in javelin throw, army post, age Marriage and all.

2003 Anju Bobby Geroge’s memory revived once again Neeraj Chopra made history at the world Athletics championship on July 24,2022. He Become the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Champion after Anju Bobby George in 2003. Neeraj Chopra registered a throw of 88.13 meters in the fourth attempt to claim first place and bag the silver medal for India.

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Neeraj Chopra, is an Indian Javelin thrower at such a young age and won an Olympic medal . He is also become the first Asian athlete to make a name for himself and his countery.

Neeraj Chopra Biography

1.	Full Name	Neeraj Chopra
2.	NiceName	Niju
3.	Professions(s)	Javelin Thrower and Junior Commissioned Officer

Physical Stats

1.	Height	in centimeters- 180 cm in meters- 1.80 m in feet/inches-5′ 11″
2.	weight	in Kilograms- 86 kg in pounds- 189 lbs
3.	Eye Colour	Black
4.	Hair Colour	Black

Personal Life

Date of Birth	24 December 1997
Birthplace	Khandra Village, Panipat District, Haryana
Nationality	Indian
Age (as of 2022)	25 Years
Zodiac singn	Capricorn
Hometown	Khandra Village, Panipat District, Haryana
Birthday	Wednesday
College/university	Dav college, chandigarh Kurukshetra University, Haryana
Food Habit	Vegetarian Turned Non- Vegetarian
Educational Qualification	Graduation

Neeraj Chopra Coaches

1.	(coaches)/Mentors)
2.	Raj Kumar (army Coach)
3.	Uwe Hohn (Personal Coach)
4.	Klaus Bartonietz
5.	Naseem Ahmed
6.	Gary Calvert
7.	Werner Daniels

Medal(s)

	Gold Medal
2.	South Asian Games in Guwahati, India (2016)
3.	World U20 Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2016)
4.	Asian Championship in Bhubaneswar, India (2017)
5.	Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia(2018)
6.	Sotteville Athletics Meet in Sotteville-les-Rouen, France(2018)
7.	Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland (2018)
8.	Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia (2018
9.	Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021)

	Silver Medal
1.	Asian Junior Championship in Hi Shi Minh City , Vietnam (2016)
2.	Asian Grand Prix Series Jinhua , China ( 2017 )
3.	Asian Grand Prix Series Jiaxing , China (2017)
4.	Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting in Offenburg Germany (2018)
5.	Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland ( 2022)
6.	World Athletics Championship (2022)

	Bronze Medal
1.	Asian Grand Prix Series in Taipei, Taiwan ( 2017 )

Relationships

Marital status

Unmarried

Neeraj Chopra Family

Parents	Father/ Satish Kumar Chopra Mother/ Soraj Devi
Siblings	Sister(s) / Saneeta And Sarita

Favourite Things

Javelin thrower	Jan Zelezny
Film	Rocky series, Laal Rang
Actor	Akshy Kumar and Randeep Hooda
Virtual Game(s)	Javelin Master 2, Bbrother in Arms, and Asphaltate
Singer(s)	Rajender Kharkia and KD

Neeraj Chopra’s records

1.	Event	Edition	Distance	Result
2.	Asian Games	Jakarta 2018	88.06m	Gold medal
3.	Olympic Games	Tokyo 2020	87.58m	Gold medal
4.	Diamond League	Stockholm 2022	89.94m	Second place
5.	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast 2018	86.47m	Gold medal
6.	World Championships	Oregon 2022	88.39m	Second place – Q
7.	Asian Championships	Bydgoszcz 2016	86.48m	Gold medal
8.	Asian Junior Championships	Ho Chi-Minh 2016	77.60m	Silver medal
9.	South Asian Games	Guwahati 2016	82.23m	Gold medal

Neeraj Chopra Achievements

• 2017 : Hindustan Times Top 30 Under 30 Awarded by Captain Amarinder Singh .
• 2018 : Arjuna Award
• 2020 : Vishisht Seva Medal
• 2021 : Sportstar ACES Award – Sportsman of the Decade ( Track and Field )
• 2021 : Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
• 2022 : Padma Shri
• 2022 : He was nominated for the Prestigious Laureus ” World Breakthrough of the Year ” Award . He was third Indian who was nominated for this award .