Neeraj Chopra – The golden athlete

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INTRODUCTION

• The Javelin boy of India ( Neeraj Chopra ) was
  born in village Khandra in the Panipat district
  of Haryana. He participates in the Javelin throw
  in Tokyo Olympics, 2020. He is the second Indian
  to have won an Olympic gold medal being an
  individual the first one is Abhinav Bindra.

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Early Life

• Neerajs birth date is 24 December 1997. His
  father Satish Kumar and mother Saroj Devi are
  farmers. His family with two sisters, mother, and
  father were only dependent on agriculture.  

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Career in athletics

• Neeraj Chopra was first recognized by Jaiveer
  Choudhary Javelin thrower at Sports Authority of
  India in Panipat in 2010. Chopra was able to
  cover the distance of 40-meters without any
  practice or training. 

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First gold medal 

• He was enrolled at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex,
  where his running coach Naseem Ahmad trained him.
  Ahmad trained him for long-distance running as
  well as Javelins throw. Here in Panchkula he and
  his mate Parminder Singh (also a javelin thrower)
  downloaded videos and learned from them. 

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