How many medals Neeraj Chopra won : The Paris Olympics 2024 is going to start from July 26. India is fielding a 117-member strong contingent at the Paris Olympics. All of them are expected to win medals for India. However, most of these expectations are from 26-year-old javelin thrower 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra.
Be it the Olympics, Commonwealth Games or the Asian Games, his javelin throw has been a perfect match for a medal every time. As a result, the level of javelin throw has increased significantly across the country. Recently, he has made a comeback after a long injury break and is once again set to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra has a habit of winning gold medals in almost every competition. Neeraj Chopra started winning medals for India at the international level since 2016. He was only 19 at the time. At an age when the youth of India cannot think much about their career.
At that time, Neeraj had won a gold medal for India in the South Asian Games. Since then, Neeraj Chopra has never looked back and continues to win gold for India in major tournaments.
2021 has been the best year of his career. He is the only Indian to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. So today we will know about the total number of medals won by 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra so far.
Neeraj Chopra has won the Golden Boy award.
1.Gold at the 2016 Asian Games
2.Gold at the Asian Championships 2017
3.A gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018
4.Gold at the Asian Games 2018
5.To win gold at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
6.Gold at the Asian Games 2022
7.d Gold in the Diamond League 2022
8.ver Silver at the World Championships 2022
9.World Championship Gold in 2023
10.d silver in the Diamond League 2023
The javelin throw was included in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC, but at that time the javelin throw was not a separate sport but part of the multi-sport pentathlon competition.
The javelin throw was included in the modern Olympic Games for the first time at the London Olympics in 1908. Women's javelin throw made its debut at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. India won the medal for the first time in 2021.
