President Ram Nath Kovind honoured sports persons with National Sports Awards 2021, on Saturday at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Sportspersons including Mithali Raj, Manpreet Singh, Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain and Sunil Chhetri, were conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, this year.
India’s men’s hockey team, who scripted history by winning a bronze medal in the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics, were given Arjuna Award.
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🔲 Cricketer @SDhawan25 receives Arjuna Award from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi#SportsAwards2021 pic.twitter.com/rLvY8Fmxau
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Para badminton player and Gautam Buddh Nagar DM, @suhas_ly receives Arjuna Award from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi#SportsAwards2021 pic.twitter.com/KSkRjT79s8
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Here have a look at the full list of awardees:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
1. Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)
2. Ravi Kumar (Wrestling)
3. Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
4. Sreejesh P.R (Hockey)
5. Avani Lekhara (Para Shooting)
6. Sumit Antil (Para-Athletics)
7. Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton)
8. Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton)
9. Manish Narwal (Para Shooting)
10. Mithali Raj (Cricket)
11. Sunil Chhetri (Football)
12. Manpreet Singh (Hockey)
Arjuna Award:
- Arpinder Singh (Athletics)
- Simranjit Kaur (Boxing)
- Shikhar Dhawan(Cricket)
- CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing)
- Monika (Hockey)
- Vandana Katariya (Hockey)
- Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi)
- Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb)
- Abhishek Verma (Shooting)
- Ankita Raina (Tennis)
- Deepak Punia (Wrestling)
- Dilpreet Singh (Hockey)
- Harman Preet Singh (Hockey)
- Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey)
- Surender Kumar (Hockey)
- Amit Rohidas (Hockey)
- Birendra Lakra (Hockey)
- Sumit (Hockey)
- Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey)
- Hardik Singh (Hockey)
- Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey)
- Gurjant Singh(Hockey)
- Mandeep Singh (Hockey)
- Shamsher Singh (Hockey)
- Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey)
- Varun Kumar (Hockey)
- Simranjeet Singh (Hockey)
- Yogesh Kathuniya (Para-athletics)
- Nishad Kumar (Para-athletics)
- Praveen Kumar (Para-athletics)
- Suhash Yathiraj (Para badminton)
- Singhraj Adhana (Para shooting)
- Bhavina Patel (Para table-tennis)
- Harvinder Singh (Para archery)
- Sharad Kumar (Para-athletics)
Dronacharya Award:
1. Radhakrishnan Nair (Athletics)
2. Sandhya Gurung (Boxing)
3. Pritam Siwach (Hockey)
4. Jai Prakash Nautiyal (Para Shooting)
5. Subramanian Raman (Table Tennis)
Dronacharya Lifetime Award:
1. TP Ouseph (Athletics)
2. Sarkar Talwar (Cricket)
3. Harpal Singh (Hockey)
4. Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi)
5. Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming)
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports:
1. Lekha KC (Boxing)
2. Abhijeet Kunte (Chess)
3. Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey)
4. Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi)
5. Sajjan Singh (Wrestling)
Watch the recorded live of President Ram Nath Kovind presents National Sports Awards 2021 here:
