Arshad Nadeem

Arshad Nadeem (Punjabi / Urdu: ارشد ندیم; Punjabi pronunciation: [ˈɐrʃɐd nəˈdiːm]; born 2 January 1997) is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He is the reigning Olympic and Asian Athletics champion. His 92.97 metres (305.0 ft) 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, the first Pakistani track and field athlete to earn direct qualification for the Olympics under modern entry standards, and the first Pakistani athlete to reach the final of any event at the World Championships. He represents WAPDA in the National Games of Pakistan. 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 South Asian athlete to breach the 90 m mark. At the 2023 World Championships, he became the first Pakistani athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, securing a silver medal. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he became the first Pakistani to win an Olympic medal in athletics and the country's first individual Olympic gold medalist.