Indian Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is the Country's gem. Chopra
won the Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020 at made his country proud. He is the
first track and field athlete to win a gold medal at Olympics for India.
Today is our Golden boy's birthday. As he turned 24 many fans
wished him and blessed him with warm wishes. Chopra thanked his fans by sharing
a video on his Twitter. Chopra is presently now in the USA. He said he just came
from his training and saw the wishes of his fans.
Many popular personalities wished the athlete on his birthday.
Athlete Pooja Bishnoi took her Twitter account and wished Neeraj Chopra.
P C Mohan wished the birthday boy and wrote, "Wishing
India's golden boy @Neeraj_chopra1 a very happy birthday.
#NeerajChopra joined the 4 Rajputana Rifles as a direct entry
Naib Subedar in 2016. He picked up Javelin to lose weight.
The rest is history.
#Neeraj became India's first track-and-field Olympic gold-medallist."
Let's take a look at some of the lesser-known facts of Neeraj
Chopra:
He was born on December 24, 1997, in Panipat district, Haryana.
Chopra has two sisters.
Neeraj Chopra is the first-ever Indian to win an Olympic
track and field medal. He won the gold medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
He was ranked second internationally by World Athletics in August 2021.
Chopra is an army man. He joined the Indian Army as a junior commissioned
officer (JCO) in 2016. He joined the list along with Milkha Singh and
Rajyavardhan Rathore becoming the army man who contributes to the sports field and
made his country proud.
He was the first field and track athlete from India to win at
IAAF World U20 Championships in 2016. In the Championship he set the under20
world record with an 86.48m throw.
He is the youngest-ever Indian Olympic gold medallist in an Individual event and the Only Indian to win a gold medal at his debut.
Chopra joined sports due to his childhood obesity. Children use
to tease him for his overweight and to overcome this father made him join the gymnasium
at Madlauda. He developed an interest in playing Javelin throwing by watching
the players playing at the gym.