Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete who is the reigning Olympic champion and world championship silver medalist in javelin throw. He is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's javelin throw. A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army, Chopra is the first track and field athlete to win a gold medal for India at the Olympics.[7] He is also the first track and field athlete from India to win at the IAAF World U20 Championships, where in 2016 he achieved a world under-20 record throw of 86.48 m, becoming the first Indian athlete to set a world record. Neeraj Chopra is the only Indian to win a gold medal at the olympics in the track and field events for India.

Chopra participated in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Asian Games, serving as the flag-bearer in the latter and winning gold medals in both. In his debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Chopra won the gold medal on 7 August 2021 with a throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt. As of 2021, he is one of only two Indians to have won an individual Olympic gold medal (the other being Abhinav Bindra), as well as the youngest-ever Indian Olympic gold medalist in an individual event and the only one to have won gold in his Olympic debut.[8]

On 14 June 2022, Chopra marked his return with a new national record of 89.30m that he set at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland. Just after 15 days, he broke his own national record of 89.30m and accomplished 89.94m at Stockholm Diamond League 2022 in Sweden on 30 June 2022.

On 23 July 2022, Chopra won Silver medal in 2022 World Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.13m, making him the second Indian to win a medal at World Athletics Championships after Anju Bobby George, who won Bronze medal in Women's Long Jump at 2003 World Athletics Championships[9]