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Arshad Nadeem

Arshad Nadeem (Punjabi / }}; ; born 2 January 1997) is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He is considered as one of the best javelin throwers in the world and is the reigning Olympic, Asian and Commonwealth Games champion. His throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics is an Olympic and Asian record, and it's 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 and the World Championships.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he set a new national and Commonwealth Games record with a throw of and became the first South Asian athlete to breach the 90 m mark. In the 2023 World Championships, he became the first Pakistani athlete to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver. He represents WAPDA in the National Games of Pakistan. Provided by Wikipedia