Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra's Net Worth In 2022
Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track and field athlete. and the reigning Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Chandra, a district in Haryana on 24 December 1997. His father's name is Satish Kumar Chopra and his mother's name is Saroj Devi. He is also a junior commissioned officer in the Indian army which was given to him for his successful performance in the south Asian games 2016. His first medal was a silver at the Youth Olympic qualification in Bangkok in 2014.
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Olympics performance
He is the first track and field event athlete to win a gold medal in the Olympics for India. And among the two players who individually won an Olympic gold medal for India. which gives him a name but before that only a few people know about him. Now he is proud of every Indian.
He made a throw of 86.58 in the second attempt and wrote his name on the Olympic gold medal and script's history. After which there was a rain of prizes on him.
Net worth
After winning an Olympic medal there is a huge increase in his income. His net worth is around $3 million(22 crores in Indian rupees) as of 2022. His monthly salary is about 10 lakhs. Most of his income comes from prizes given to him after winning a medal. As the Punjab government gives him 2 crore prize money,6 crores and government job from the Haryana government,1 crore from bcci,1 crore from the Manipur government,1 crore from Chennai super kings(ipl team),2 crores from byju's, unlimited free travel for 1 year from indigo airlines, Mahindra SUV XUV700 from Mahindra company. His social media followers increased by millions overnight which will give him a huge amount of money for future paid partnership posts. A steady rise of 12.70 million interactions on social media helps him surpass the well-known cricketers like kl Rahul and Rishabh Pant in the aspect of several people talking about him online.
Besides this, he is honored with several biggest awards like the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award( now named the Dhayan Chand after winning an Olympic medal in hockey after 42 years), and the param vishvisita medal on account of the republic day. Along with this, he is also a nominee for the Laureus world sports award whose winner will be announced in April this year after a vote of the Laureus world sports Academy. He is the only third Indian after cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and wrestler Vinesh Phogat to achieve this landmark.
