Neelam Jaswant Singh was born on 8th January in the year 1971 in Haryana. She is an Indian athlete discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 64.55 metres. This best throw was achieved at the 2002 Asian Games. She tested positive for the banned stimulant pemoline during the 2005 World Championships in an in-competition test.

Neelam Jaswant Singh can easily be one of India`s most advancing personalities in vivid athletes. Her specialty is the discus and as a junior from 1986 and then, on maturing, in the seniors, she has been one of the most talented athletes in the country. The longest dominating national champion in the present crop of athletes, Neelam Jaswant Singh is perhaps still doing duty for the country. She has been the student of Government School, Julana. From Government Women`s College, Patiaia, she has been graduated. In the year 1986, Neelam first came into limelight when she set a new record in the School Games held at Delhi. At the Junior Nationals at Hissar this record was followed by a gold medal and crested by a bronze in the Asian Junior Track and Field Meet at Jakarta.


She continued to be the master at the junior level meliorating with each competition, even as she gained experience. She had taken part in her second Asian Junior Track and field Meet by the year 1988. The tournament was held at Singapore. In the year 1989 her first big test came with the ATF seniors at Delhi and the SAF Games in Islamabad. In the ATF she finished fourth and won a gold at Islamabad. After that there was no looking back for her. Her enormous determination and application has been one of the major aspects of Neelam. The most important aspect was her ability to throw better with following competition. Neelam Jaswant Singh has moved from a 50 metres plus level thrower over the years.

At one stage her progressive throws placed her only next to the Chinese athletes. The most significant fact today is that she has to her credit; a performance over 60 metres that speaks volumes of the work she has put in to improve. Indeed her progress chart makes interesting reading. In the SAF Games held at Chennai, in which he recorded 50.96 meters, fetched gold medal for her. In the year 1996, she jumped by three metres and moved to career best of 56.6.66 metres in the year 1997. Her record throws of 57.94 metres and 59.19 metres in successive meets in India were being experienced in the year 1998.

In the year 1998, Neelam Jaswant Singh won the bronze medal at the Bangkok Asian Games. In the Kosanova International Athlete Meet held at Almaty (Kazakhstan), Neelam J. Singh has to her credit a gold medal performance. 60.28 metres is the Neelam`s current national mark stand. It was a performance recorded at Trivandrum in the year 1999. In August 2000, she also won a gold medal at the ATF that took place in Jakarta. But with a throw of 55.26 metres, she failed to make a mark in the Sydney Olympics. She has been married to her coach Jaswant singh. Neelam is employed with the Railway Coach Factory in Kapurthala and was awarded by the Punjab Government in the year 1996. Recognizing her talent the Indian Government conferred her Arjuna Award in the year 1998.