Neeraj Chopra’s Gold Medal in Tokyo Olympics

• 09 Aug 2021

Why in News

• On August 7, 2021, Neeraj Chopra of Haryana won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Key Points

• Neeraj Chopra took the country's first Tokyo Olympics gold medal in the individual category and finished first in the table with a javelin throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt.
• Neeraj is a native village of 'Khandara' in Panipat district of Haryana.
• Neeraj has been serving in the Indian Army since 2016 and is currently serving as a Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles Unit.
• Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2018.
• Neeraj has won India's 10^th Olympic gold medal, it is worth mentioning that 8 gold medals were won by the men's hockey team and 1 gold medal was won by shooter Abhinav Bindra (1^st individual gold medal).
• Gold medals in other events of Neeraj so far:
  1. 2018 Jakarta, Asian Games
  2. 2018 Gold Coast, Commonwealth Games
  3. 2017 Bhubaneswar, Asian Championships
  4. 2016 Guwahati/Shillong, South Asian Games