Neeraj Chopra Medals List: Awards Won, 2022 Schedule and Season Best Throws

The golden boy of India Neeraj Chopra became the first track and field athlete from the country to clinch an Olympic gold last year in javelin throw, increasing hopes of billions of people of him landing a gold whenever he takes the field.

Before the Tokyo 2020 gold, the Indian javelin thrower had clinched the yellow metal in the 2018 Asian Games and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. As it stands, Neeraj has won 19 medals in junior and senior levels representing India, including an impressive 12 golds.

The 24-year-old has also been bestowed with national awards for his performance over the years. In 2018, he was honoured with the Arjuna Award, while he was also given the Padma Shri and Khel Ratna awards later.

An 87.58 throw won him the gold in Tokyo last year. Neeraj has achieved his personal best throw of 89.94 recently and carried that form into the World Championships 2022, where he clinched silver with a best throw of 88.13m.

The reigning Olympic champion was aiming to win his second successive gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022, but an injury ruled him out of the CWG.

Neeraj, however, returned to action in the Diamond League in Laussane, where he finished first with a best throw of 89.08m to qualify for the grand final in Zurich, where he clinched the title with a best throw of 88.44m.

Here is a look at the awards, medals won by Chopra so far representing India and more.

Neeraj Chopra Medals and Titles Won List

Year	Event	Medal	Throw
2016	South Asian Games	Gold	82.23 m
2016	Asian Junior Championships	Silver	77.60 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Gold	86.48 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Silver	82.11 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Silver	83.32 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Bronze	79.90 m
2017	Asian Championships	Gold	85.23 m
2018	Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting	Silver	82.80 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold	86.47 m
2018	Sotteville Athletics Meet	Gold	85.17 m
2018	Savo Games	Gold	85.69 m
2018	Asian Games	Gold	88.06 m
2020	Athletics Central North West League Meet (qualification for Olympics)	Gold	87.86 m
2021	Meeting Cidade de Lisboa	Gold	83.18 m
2021	Folksam Grand Prix	Gold	80.96 m
2021	Kuortane Games	Bronze	86.79 m
2021	Olympic Games	Gold	87.58 m
2022	Paavo Nurmi Games	Silver	89.30 m
2022	Kuortane Games	Gold	86.69 m
2022	World Athletics Championships	Silver	88.13m
2022	Diamond League Lausanne	Winner	89.08m
2022	Diamond League Final Zurich	Winner	88.44m

Neeraj Chopra National Awards

Arjuna Award - 2018

Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) - 2020

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award - 2021

Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) - 2022

Padma Shri - 2022

Neeraj Chopra Schedule and Results of 2022

Date(s)	Event	Finish/Medal	Throw in Metres (m)
June 14	Turku Paavo Nurmi Games 2022	2nd/Silver	89.30 m
June 18	Kuortane Games 2022	1st/Gold	86.69 m
June 30	Stockholm Diamond League 2022	2nd	89.94 m
July 22	World Championships 2022 (Qualification)	1st	88.39m
July 24	World Championships 2022 (Final)	2nd/Silver	88.13m
August 26	Lausanne Diamond League 2022	1st	89.08m
September 8	Diamond League Grand Final - Zurich	1st	88.44m

Neeraj Chopra Season Best Throws

Season	Best Throw in Metres (m)
2013	69.66 m
2014	70.19 m
2015	81.04 m
2016	86.48 m
2017	85.63 m
2018	88.06 m
2020	87.86 m
2021	88.07 m
2022	89.94 m