Arshad Nadeem Biography
Arshad Nadeem was born in 2 January 1997 in Mian chunu, Khanewal, District Punjab. He was from a lower middle class. He came from a humble background, but he had interest in sports, In fact he begun athletics at an early age. While he was at school he was a good example of a cricketer and a fast bowler in his early ages but there was a day a coach told him to try out for a javelin thrower. This was a major turning point for him and he has since then gone on to win the Commonwealth title and a silver medal at the World Athletics Championship. This new Olympic record was set at the 2024 Summer Olympics by a throw of 92.97 meters (305.0 feet).
A two-time Olympian, he is the first Pakistani to reach the finals in any event at both the Olympics and the World Championships. He tried all the sports offered at his school, including badminton, football, athletics and cricket, but his true love was cricket, where he participated in regional level ribbon competitions. in school plays. Rashid Ahmad Saqi, who has just started seventh grade, got Nadeem’s attention. Saqi, who has a history of grooming athletes in the department, started training Nadeem early.
Career Highlights:
1.South Asian games(2015-2016):
In 2015, Arshad Nadeem began competing in javelin events. The following year, World Athletics awarded him a scholarship to attend the IAAF High Performance Training Center in Mauritius.
Nadeem won the bronze medal at the South Asian Games in Guwahati in 2016.
Nadeem Arshad won the bronze medal in 2016 at the 17 Asian athletic championship held in Ho Chi Minh city.
2.Islamic solidarity games & Commonwealth games(2017-2018):
Nadeem won the bronze medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku in May 2017. His throw was 76.33 m.
In 2018,He represented Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, finishing eighth in javelin.
3.World athletics championship:(2019-2021):
In November 2019, He achieved new personal and national record of 81.52 metres .
Nadeem Arshad made his appearance at the Olympics and represented Pakistan in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in May 2021.
4.Commonwealth game(2022-2023):
Nadeem won the gold medal in the men’s Julian throw event at Birmingham, setting a new world record with a throw of 90.18-meters. Nadeem will travel to UK on December 2022 to get treatment for his injured knee and elbow Agency france-presse arrange for him to be treated at lea Cambridge hospital. He won the silver medal and became a Pakistani before winning the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships.
Gold medal & Olympic record in Paris league (2024):
In 2024, summer Olympic held in Paris, Arshad became first Pakistani to reach the final and won the Olympic gold medal. He broke the Olympic record with a maximum throw of 92.97 meters. After 32 years, Nadeem won the Olympic medal for Pakistan.
