India has participated in the World Championships in Athletics since 1983.

Their first ever medal was a Bronze medal won by Anju Bobby George in 2003 in Paris; in the Women's long jump discipline.

[1] Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships.

[2] He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and subsequently the first gold for India at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

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