India's Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra turns 25!

Neeraj is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in athletics

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Not just in India but Neeraj is the only Asian who won an Olympic gold medal in men's Javelin

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In 2016, Neeraj became the first Indian athlete to set a world record with 86.48m throw in U-20

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He is the youngest Indian to win Olympic gold and the only one to do so in his Olympic debut

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Neeraj belongs to Rajputana Rifles He started as Naib subedar in 2016

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In 2018, he got promoted to the post of Subedar after he won gold at Commonwealth and Asian games

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Neeraj belongs to Khandra, Haryana and comes from a family of farmers

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Neeraj initially picked Javelin as a hobby to lose weight but look how far our champ has come!

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Neeraj received Padma Shri, the 4th highest civilian award this year in March

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