Neeraj Yadav (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian Paralympian and javelin thrower. He primarily competes in discus,shotput and javelin at Asian Para Games in the F55 category. He won Gold at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia and defended it at the 2022 Asian Para Games.
Yadav hails from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He suffered paralysis and was diagnosed with neural damage at age 7. His father was a wrestler and a volleyball player. He got married in 2018. Yadav started his Athletics career in 2015 after playing wheelchair tennis for about seven years.
He won two gold medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China in October 2023. He won discus throw in the F54/55/56 class on 24 October 2023 and added the javelin gold in the men's F55 category on 28 October 2023. In September 2022, he won gold at the Marrakech Para Athletics Grand Prix in Morocco with a new Indian National record. At the 2018 Asian Para Games he won a gold medal with an Asian Record of 29.84 metres. Earlier representing India, he won silver in the men's shot put and discus F55 event at Fazza Grand Prix in 2016.
Failed in doping test.