Recently Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India.
National Sports Awards annually recognize and reward excellence in sports.
- The ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ acknowledges outstanding sports performance over the previous four years.
- The ‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is granted for excellence, leadership, sportsmanship, and discipline over the past four years.
- The ‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ honors coaches for consistent meritorious work in enabling athletes to excel in international events.
- The ‘Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games’ is given to sports personalities who have made significant contributions during their career and continue to promote sports after retirement.
- The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy is awarded to the overall top-performing university in inter-university tournaments.
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National Sports Awards 2023
Here is the list of National Sports Awards 2023.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
- Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty – Badminton
- Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy – Badminton
Arjuna Awards 2023
1. Ojas Pravin Deotale – Archery
2. Aditi Gopichand Swami – Archery
3. Sreeshankar M – Athletics
4. Parul Chaudhary – Athletics
5. Mohameed Hussamuddin – Boxing
6. R Vaishali – Chess
7. Mohammed Shami – Cricket
8. Anush Agarwalla – Equestrian
9. Divyakriti Singh – Equestrian Dressage
10. Diksha Dagar – Golf
11. Krishan Bahadur Pathak – Hockey
12. Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu – Hockey
13. Pawan Kumar – Kabaddi
14. Ritu Negi – Kabaddi
15. Nasreen – Kho-Kho
16. Pinki – Lawn Bowls
17. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Shooting
18. Esha Singh – Shooting
19. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu – Squash
20. Ayhika Mukherjee – Table Tennis
21. Sunil Kumar – Wrestling
22. Antim – Wrestling
23. Naorem Roshibina Devi – Wushu
24. Sheetal Devi – Para Archery
25. Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy – Blind Cricket
26. Prachi Yadav – Para Canoeing
Dronacharya Award (Regular Category) 2023
1. Lalit Kumar – Wrestling
2. R. B. Ramesh – Chess
3. Mahaveer Prasad Saini – Para Athletics
4. Shivendra Singh – Hockey
5. Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar – Mallakhamb
Dronacharya Award (Lifetime Category) 2023
1. Jaskirat Singh Grewal – Golf
2. Bhaskaran E – Kabaddi
3. Jayanta Kumar Pushilal – Table Tennis
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023
1. Manjusha Kanwar – Badminton
2. Vineet Kumar Sharma – Hockey
3. Kavitha Selvaraj – Kabaddi
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 2023
1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – Overall Winner University