Arshad Nadeem

Arshad Nadeem PP HI (Punjabi / Urdu: ارشد ندیم; Punjabi pronunciation: [ˈɐrʃɐd nəˈdiːm]; born 2 January 1997) is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He is the reigning Olympic, Asian and Commonwealth Games 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, and the first Pakistani track and field athlete to qualify directly for the Olympics and to reach the final of any track and field event at the Olympic Games and the World Championships. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he became the first Pakistani ever to win an Olympic medal in athletics and the country’s first individual Olympic gold medalist.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, 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 in Budapest, he became the first Pakistani athlete ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships, securing a silver medal. He represents WAPDA in the National Games of Pakistan.