Paris 2024
Olympic gold
92.97 m
Olympic record
2022
Commonwealth gold
Arshad Nadeem was born in Mian Channu, in Punjab, and grew up in a family without a lot of money. He started in cricket and other sports before a coach spotted his throwing arm, and he moved into javelin.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics he threw 92.97 metres to win the gold medal, an Olympic record, and gave Pakistan its first individual Olympic gold. Before that he had won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a throw of 90.18 metres.