Neeraj Chopra Quiz: India's Javelin Olympic Gold

This Neeraj Chopra quiz follows the javelin thrower from a Haryana village who became an Indian sporting hero. Play 10 interactive questions on Panipat, the Tokyo gold, National Javelin Day, the 2023 world title, the Diamond League, Paris 2024 silver, Arshad Nadeem, his 90-meter throw and his army rank.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Event
Which event does Neeraj Chopra compete in?
State
Which Indian state is he from?
Tokyo
Which medal did he win at the Tokyo Olympics?
First
What made his Tokyo gold historic?
Day
What does India celebrate on 7 August?
World
Where did he become world champion in 2023?
Diamond
Which title did he win in Zurich in 2022?
Paris
Which medal did he win at Paris 2024?
90
When did he first throw beyond 90 meters?
Army
Which organization does he serve in?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which event does Neeraj Chopra compete in?
Answer: Javelin throw
He is India's top thrower.
Q2: Which Indian state is he from?
Answer: Haryana
He grew up near Panipat.
Q3: Which medal did he win at the Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: Gold
It came on 7 August 2021.
Q4: What made his Tokyo gold historic?
Answer: India's first Olympic gold in athletics
He threw 87.58 meters.
Q5: What does India celebrate on 7 August?
Answer: National Javelin Day
It marks his Tokyo win.
Q6: Where did he become world champion in 2023?
Answer: Budapest
He was the first Indian to do it.
Q7: Which title did he win in Zurich in 2022?
Answer: Diamond League Final
He was the first Indian to win it.
Q8: Which medal did he win at Paris 2024?
Answer: Silver
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won gold.
Q9: When did he first throw beyond 90 meters?
Answer: In Doha in 2025
He threw 90.23 meters.
Q10: Which organization does he serve in?
Answer: The Indian Army
He joined as a junior officer.

Neeraj Chopra Quiz – India's Javelin Olympic Gold

Neeraj Chopra was born in 1997 in Khandra, a village near Panipat in Haryana. He took up the javelin as a teenager and won junior world gold with a record throw in 2016.

At the Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, he won gold with 87.58 meters, India's first Olympic gold in athletics. India now marks 7 August as National Javelin Day, and he became world champion in Budapest in 2023.

He won the Diamond League Final in 2022 and Olympic silver in Paris in 2024, behind Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem. In 2025 he threw beyond 90 meters for the first time, reaching 90.23 meters in Doha.

What This Quiz Teaches

Athletics fans will enjoy these questions.

Where he grew up
Which Olympic medals he won
Which world titles he holds
What records he set
How India honors him

Did You Know?

He serves in the Indian Army.
Czech great Jan Zelezny later coached him.
He is close friends with many rivals.
He also won Asian Games and Commonwealth gold.
His success boosted javelin's popularity in India.