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Who is Arshad Nadeem?

Arshad Nadeem PP HI is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He is the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion and the current silver medalist in the World Athletics Championship. His 92.97 metres (305.0 ft) throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics is an Olympic and Asian record and also the sixth longest throw in the history of javelin throw, when considering only the best throw from each athlete.

He is a two-time Olympian, and the first Pakistani to qualify for the final of any track and field event at the Olympic Games[8] and the World Athletics Championships.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he set a new national and Commonwealth Games record with a throw of 90.18 m (295.9 ft) and became the first athlete from South Asia to breach the 90 m mark.[10] In the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he became the first Pakistani athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, a silver. He represents the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in the National Games of Pakistan.

Early life

Arshad Nadeem was born into a Punjabi Muslim family in Mian Channu, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The family belongs to the Jat community. He is the third-oldest among eight siblings. Nadeem was an exceptionally versatile athlete from his early school years. Though he dabbled in all the sports on offer in his school — cricket, badminton, football and athletics — his passion was cricket, and he soon found himself playing it at district-level tape-ball tournaments.Upon entering grade seven in school, Nadeem caught the eye of Rasheed Ahmad Saqi during an athletics competition. Saqi had a history of developing sportspeople in the division, and began training Nadeem soon afterwards.

Before settling on javelin throw, Nadeem also pursued shot put and discus throw. Gold medals in the javelin throw in successive Punjab Youth Festivals and an inter-board meet propelled him on to the national stage, bringing offers from all the leading domestic departmental teams, including the athletics sections of the Pakistan Army, Air Force and Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).[18] It was his father, Muhammad Ashraf, who persuaded him to take up the sport of javelin throwing.[20] Nadeem actually aspired to become a full-time cricketer, but he changed his mind and shifted his focus to athletics as he first picked up the javelin in 2015; Nadeem himself acknowledged that it was "the best thing that happened" to him.

2022 Islamic Games: Gold medal
Five days later, on 12 August 2022, Nadeem won another gold medal for Pakistan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. He broke the games record with his throw of 88.55 m.

In November 2022, Nadeem won the gold medal in the javelin throw, with a toss of 81.21 m, at the 50th National Athletics Championship in Lahore.[48]

Elbow and knee injury (Late 2022)
Nadeem left for the UK on 1 December 2022 to get treatment on his injured elbow and knee joint. The AFP arranged for him to be treated at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital. After a ten-day rehabilitation and physiotherapy period, full recovery took a further four to six weeks.

2023 Pakistan National Games and knee injury
In May 2023, Nadeem participated in the 34th National Games of Pakistan and won a gold medal with the longest throw of 78.02 m during his third attempt, while representing WAPDA. However, he suffered a knee injury, which ruled him out of the Asian Athletics Championships.

2023 World Athletics Championships: Silver medal
Nadeem won a silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a throw of 87.82 m. He also secured qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics during the event.

2024 Paris Diamond League
In July 2024, Nadeem finished in fourth place in the Paris Diamond League with a 84.21m throw on his fifth attempt.

2024 Paris Olympics: Gold medal and Olympic record
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Nadeem became the first Pakistani to win an Olympic medal in Athletics, by winning an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Pakistani athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for an individual sport. He not only claimed the men's javelin throw title but set a new Olympic record of 92.97 m in the final.[58] The previous Olympic record holder was Norwegian Andreas Thorkildsen, who achieved 90.57 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Personal life
Arshad Nadeem is married and has a daughter and a son. He is a devout Muslim. Nadeem describes himself as an introvert. His coach, Salman Iqbal Butt, a former national-level discus thrower, remembered him as a very respectful and obedient athlete who bowed his head as he listened to his coach's words.