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| Born | 10 February 1984 Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vipin Kasana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neeraj Yadav (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian Paralympian and javelin thrower. [1] He primarily competes in discus,shotput and javelin at Asian Para Games in the F55 category. He won Gold at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia [2] and defended it at the 2022 Asian Para Games. [3] [4]
Yadav hails from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He suffered paralysis and was diagnosed with neural damage at age 7. His father was a wrestler and a volleyball player. He got married in 2018. [3] Yadav started his Athletics career in 2015 after playing wheelchair tennis for about seven years. [3]
He won two gold medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China in October 2023. He won discus throw in the F54/55/56 class on 24 October 2023 and added the javelin gold in the men's F55 category on 28 October 2023. [4] In September 2022, he won gold at the Marrakech Para Athletics Grand Prix in Morocco with a new Indian National record. [5] [6] At the 2018 Asian Para Games he won a gold medal with an Asian Record of 29.84 metres. Earlier representing India, he won silver in the men's shot put and discus F55 event at Fazza Grand Prix in 2016. [7]
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