Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in Indian Army who competes in the javelin throw.

Neeraj Chopra is from Khandra village, Panipat district, Haryana.
He was educated at DAV College, Chandigarh.

In his earlier career, he was the 2016 World U20 champion and set the world under-20 record of 86.48 m. He is the first Indian athlete to ever win a World title in Track and Field at U-20.

He brought home the first gold Medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo. He is the 2nd person after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal in any individual games for India.