Neeraj Chopra

Javelin thrower becomes the 1st Indian to win an athletics event in Olympics .

 He was born on December 24, 1997

 His hometown is Panipat, Haryana

 His training base was SAI Patiala 

 His current training base is : Uppsala, Sweden

 His coach : Klaus Bartoneitz 

 His Achievements 

GOLD, Tokyo Olympics ,2021

GOLD, Asian Games ,2018

GOLD,  Commonwealth Games ,2018

GOLD,  Asian athletics championship ,2017

GOLD,  World under-20 championship ,2016 with a World record 

GOLD,  South Asian Games ,2016

SILVER ,Asian junior championships ,2016

Neeraj had won the hearts of the nation with his golden feat.

The prayer of 1.4 billion people have been answered in an unexpected way .

Neeraj dedicates his medal to late Milka Singh 

Neeraj wants to meet him with his Olympic medal but unfortunately as he has passed away this June, Neeraj hopes he sees from above and would be happy. 

Lots of wishes are pouring from Twitter 

He wins gold in his 1st Olympic game 

August 7 is the death anniversary of Rabidranath Tagore, where Neeraj wins the gold medal and our National Anthem( written by Rabidranath Tagore) is played.

The last word of advice Neeraj got from his coach was- Have Fun

"WORK HARD IN SILENCE , LET YOUR SUCCESS MAKE THE NOISE"