Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra has actually assigned javelin toss tale Jan Zelezny as his brand-new trainer in advance of the 2025 period. Neeraj’s veteran trainer Dr Klaus Bartonietz lately determined to tip far from the function because of age. Neeraj has actually looked for Zelezny’s solutions after falling short to damage the 90m obstacle for the last 5 years. Let’s have a look at Chopra’s accomplishments in the past
Who is Jan Zelezny?
Zelezny is a previous Czech professional athlete that is a World and Olympic champ and holds the globe document with a toss of 98.48 m.
Zelezny is extensively pertained to by lots of as the best javelin thrower of the modern-day sports period, and he has the 4th, 5th and 6th finest efficiencies of perpetuity. The 58-year-old damaged the globe document a total amount of 4 times.
He was birthed in Mlada Boleslav,Czechoslovakia Zelezny won silver at the 1988 Olympics, and gold at the 1992, 1996 and 2000Olympics He additionally won the World Championship titles in 1993, 1995 and 2001.
He established the globe document of 98.48 m, which he attained in 1996 and the
World C’ships document of 92.80 m, landed in 2001. In 1997, he signed up over the 90m obstacle 5 times in a solitary satisfy. Until September 2020, he was the only professional athlete to toss greater than 95m with the brand-new kind of javelin, which he did 3 times throughout his job.
He retired on September 19, 2006, after an event in Mlada Boleslav, where he started his job. He is a previous trainer of Vitezslav Vesely and Barbora Spotakova.
Neeraj Chopra on dealing with Jan Zelezny
Following the consultation, Neeraj stated, “Growing up, I admired Jan’s technique and precision and spent a lot of time watching videos of him. He (Zelezny) was the best in the sport for so many years and I believe that working with him will be invaluable because our throwing styles are similar and his knowledge is unmatched,”.
