Arshad Nadeem biography, Career, Achievements, and Net Worth – Javelin Throw Champion

Arshad Nadeem is more popular in India than he is in Pakistan. The reason for being popular in India is that he defeated Neeraj Chopra in the Summer Olympics. If Neeraj Chopra had won the Summer Olympics, he would have got the gold medal but Neeraj Chopra lost because of Arshad. Arshad Nadeem also created a world record,

he threw about 92 meters in javelin throw and in response Neeraj Chopra threw 89.45 meters and lost. Arshad Nadeem won but there was no pride in him at all, he said that I took tips from Neeraj Chopra and Neeraj Chopra and we have met earlier also in an athlete champion of Assam. Neeraj Chopra’s mother also called Arshad Nadeem her son.

Arshad Nadeem Biography

Arshad Nadeem was born on 2 January 1997 in Mian Channu of Punjab province of Pakistan. Arshad Nadeem had 8 siblings. Due to financial problems, his education could not be so good but he was the best in sports. He also played cricket well, he tried his hand at cricket and was also becoming successful.

But one day a thought came to his mind that why not try other sports, after that he also tried wrestling in which he failed, finally he tried javelin and he was successful in javelin, the success in javelin is because Arshad Nadeem’s height is 192 cm and weight is 95 kg due to which he could throw the javelin to a long distance, that is why Neeraj Chopra lost to him because Neeraj Chopra’s height is about 22 cm less than Arshad Nadeem.

Category	Details
Full Name	Arshad Nadeem
Date of Birth	2 January 1997
Place of Birth	Mian Channu, Punjab, Pakistan
Height	192 cm (6 ft 3.5 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lbs)
Nationality	Pakistani
Sport	Javelin Throw
Early Interest	Played cricket initially, later switched to javelin after unsuccessful attempts in wrestling
Career Start	Inclined towards javelin since 2015, received a scholarship and trained in Mauritius
South Asian Games 2016	Won bronze by throwing 78 meters in Assam, India
Asian Games 2018	Won bronze by throwing 80 meters
Tokyo Olympics 2020	Finished 5th by throwing 84 meters; Neeraj Chopra won gold with 89 meters
World Athletics Championships 2023	Won silver by throwing 87 meters
Paris Diamond League 2023	Finished 5th by throwing 84 meters

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Arshad Nadeem was inclined towards javelin thrower since 2015, after which he got a scholarship for it and after this scholarship, he trained in Mauritius, after that in the 2016 South Asian Games which was held in Assam, he won the bronze medal by throwing the javelin at 78 meters, then after that Arshad Nadeem won the bronze medal by throwing the javelin at 80 meters in the 2018 Asian Games, after that in the 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics,

he finished fifth by throwing the javelin at 84 meters and could not qualify for the final. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal by throwing the javelin at 89 meters, but in the 2024 Paris Olympics, after hard practice, Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin at 92 meters, which is a kind of world record, now it remains to be seen whether the record is broken or not because the record of 92 meters is a number one record. Arshad Nadeem won the silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships by throwing the javelin at 87m. In the Paris Diamond League held in July, Nadeem finished fifth by throwing the javelin at 84m.

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Arshad Nadeem Net worth

Ever since Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal for Pakistan, everyone from the Pakistan government to the army has been kind to him. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz honored Arshad Nadeem with 40 lakh Pakistani rupees and also announced that a stadium in Punjab province will be named after Arshad Nadeem. Apart from that,

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has talked about giving 10 crore Pakistani rupees to Arshad Nadeem and apart from that, he is also getting advertisement offers from various brand companies because he had told in an interview that during his tough struggle, the government also did not help him much. His father had also told in an interview that Arshad Nadeem lost the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because he did not get a ground to practice.