Right from cash rewards to cars, Neeraj Chopra has been getting rewards for his big win at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 from multiple entities. The star Javelin thrower won a gold medal for the country on the 7th of August and set a new record for the country. The athlete from Haryana has been honoured with multiple rewards from the state government as well as private organisations.
Find out which other companies and entities have honoured the athlete with rewards.
Manohar Lal Khattar, Captain Amarinder Singh and N Biren Singh
The Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, on the 7th of August announced that he would be giving the athlete ₹6 crores and a class I category job. The Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh also announced a special cash reward of Rs 2 crore in an official statement. From the Manipur Cabinet, CM N Biren Singh tweeted that he would be rewarded a sum of ₹1 crore for his stellar performance.
BCCI
The BCCI also announced a cash reward of ₹1 crore to Neeraj.
INR 1 Cr. – 🥇 medallist @Neeraj_chopra1
50 lakh each – 🥈 medallists @mirabai_chanu & Ravi Kumar Dahiya
25 lakh each – 🥉 medallists @Pvsindhu1, @LovlinaBorgohai, @BajrangPunia
INR 1.25 Cr. – @TheHockeyIndia men's team @SGanguly99| @ThakurArunS| @ShuklaRajiv
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) August 7, 2021
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings Ltd. announced that they would be awarding Neeraj Chopra with ₹1 crore on behalf of the fans who continue to support and love CSK.
IndiGo Airlines
For a period of 1 year, Neeraj Chopra has been offered free unlimited travel with IndiGo Airlines to celebrate his gold medal-winning throw of 87.58m in the Men’s Javelin.
Mahindra group Chairman Anand Mahindra
Replying to a tweet that asked Mahindra to gift Neeraj Chopra the XUV700, Chariman Anand Mahindra replied to it with much vigour and said that they would definitely do so. Moreover, he also shared a tweet that asked to have a commemorative coin in the name of Neeraj being issued.
Yes indeed. It will be my personal privilege & honour to gift our Golden Athlete an XUV 7OO @rajesh664 @vijaynakra Keep one ready for him please. https://t.co/O544iM1KDf
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 7, 2021
The Javelin throw is arguably the most frequently used image for commemorative coins. We need to have one officially released depicting #NeerajChopra @narendramodi @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/034m0ISTis
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 7, 2021
Byjus
The company announced a cash prize of Rs 2 crore for Neeraj as well as Rs 1 crore each for Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu and Bajrang Punia.
Elan Group
Elan Group’s chairman, Mr Rakesh Kapoor has also announced a ₹25 lakh cash award for Chopra.
