Neeraj Chopra Tokyo Quiz: India's First Olympic Athletics Gold

This neeraj chopra tokyo quiz follows a javelin soaring over the Olympic stadium. Play 10 interactive questions on the winning throw of 87.58 meters, India's first Olympic athletics gold, its second individual gold after Abhinav Bindra, his village in Haryana, his Army rank, National Javelin Day, world gold in 2023 and silver in Paris.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Throw
What was Chopra's winning throw in Tokyo?
First
What first did the gold represent for India?
Bindra
Who won India's first individual Olympic gold?
State
Which Indian state is Chopra from?
Army
Which institution does Chopra serve in?
Day
What does India mark on 7 August?
Worlds
Where did Chopra win world championship gold in 2023?
Paris
What did Chopra win at Paris 2024?
Nadeem
Which country does Arshad Nadeem represent?
Event
What is the javelin?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What was Chopra's winning throw in Tokyo?
Answer: 87.58 m
On his second attempt.
Q2: What first did the gold represent for India?
Answer: First Olympic gold in athletics
A historic moment.
Q3: Who won India's first individual Olympic gold?
Answer: Abhinav Bindra
In shooting, 2008.
Q4: Which Indian state is Chopra from?
Answer: Haryana
From near Panipat.
Q5: Which institution does Chopra serve in?
Answer: The Indian Army
He holds an officer rank.
Q6: What does India mark on 7 August?
Answer: National Javelin Day
The date of his gold.
Q7: Where did Chopra win world championship gold in 2023?
Answer: Budapest
India's first world gold in athletics.
Q8: What did Chopra win at Paris 2024?
Answer: Silver
Behind Arshad Nadeem.
Q9: Which country does Arshad Nadeem represent?
Answer: Pakistan
He set an Olympic record.
Q10: What is the javelin?
Answer: A spear thrown for distance
It must land tip first.

India's Golden Throw

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021, Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin with a throw of 87.58 meters on his second attempt. It was India's first Olympic gold in athletics and its second individual Olympic gold, after shooter Abhinav Bindra in 2008.

Chopra grew up in a village near Panipat in Haryana and serves in the Indian Army. India now marks 7 August, the date of his win, as National Javelin Day, celebrating a sport that has grown rapidly since.

In 2023 he won world championship gold in Budapest, another first for India. At Paris 2024 he took silver behind Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who set an Olympic record, showing his consistency at the top.

What This Quiz Teaches

Sports fans will enjoy these questions.

How far Chopra threw
Why the gold was historic
Where he comes from
What he won later
How javelin works

Did You Know?

Javelins must land tip first.
Men's javelins weigh 800 grams.
He took up javelin to get fit.
Indian fans greeted him as a hero.
He trains often in Europe.