National Sports Awards 2020 announced - Here's full list

• National Sports Awards 2020 announced – Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T., Manik Batra, Ms Vinesh and Ms Rani bag the Khel Ratna

Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years; Arjuna Award is given for consistent outstanding performance for four years; Dronacharya Award goes to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events; Dhyan Chand Award is for life time contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities (both in private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. In addition to these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognises the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.

A large number of applications were received for Sports Awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court of India) and other members comprising of eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administration, etc.

Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities under various categories:

The awardees will receive their awards from the Hon’ble President of India at a specially organized function through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th August, 2020.

• RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

 

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1	Rohit Sharma	Cricket
2	Mariyappan T.	Para Athletics
3	Manika Batra	Table Tennis
4	Vinesh	Wrestling
5	Rani	Hockey

 

• DRONACHARYA AWARD

 

• Life- Time Category

 

S. No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1	Dharmendra Tiwary	Archery
2	Purushotham Rai	Athletics
3	Shiv Singh	Boxing
4	Romesh Pathania	Hockey
5	Krishan Kumar Hooda	Kabaddi
6	Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar	Para Powerlifting
7	Naresh Kumar	Tennis
8	Om Parkash Dahiya	Wrestling

 
B.       Regular Category
 

S. No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1	Jude Felix Sebastian	Hockey
2	Yogesh Malviya	Mallakhamb
3	Jaspal Rana	Shooting
4	Kuldeep Kumar Handoo	Wushu
5	Gaurav Khanna	Para Badminton

 
 

• ARJUNA AWARD

 

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1	Atanu Das	Archery
2	Dutee Chand	Athletics
3	Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy	Badminton
4	Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty	Badminton
5	Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	Basketball
6	Subedar Manish Kaushik	Boxing
7	Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing
8	Ishant Sharma	Cricket
9	Deepti Sharma	Cricket
10	Sawant Ajay Anant	Equestrian
11	Sandesh Jhingan	Football
12	Aditi Ashok	Golf
13	Akashdeep Singh	Hockey
14	Deepika	Hockey
15	Deepak	Kabaddi
16	Kale Sarika Sudhakar	Kho Kho
17	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	Rowing
18	Manu Bhaker	Shooting
19	Saurabh Chaudhary	Shooting
20	Madhurika Suhas Patkar	Table Tennis
21	Divij Sharan	Tennis
22	Shiva Keshavan	Winter Sports
23	Divya Kakran	Wrestling
24	Rahul Aware	Wrestling
25	Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Para Swimming
26	Sandeep	Para Athletics
27	Manish Narwal	Para Shooting

 
4.         DHYAN CHAND AWARD

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1	Kuldip Singh Bhullar	Athletics
2	Jincy Philips	Athletics
3	Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe	Badminton
4	Trupti Murgunde	Badminton
5	N. Usha	Boxing
6	Lakha Singh	Boxing
7	Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu	Football
8	Ajit Singh	Hockey
9	Manpreet Singh	Kabaddi
10	J. Ranjith Kumar	Para Athletics
11	Satyaprakash Tiwari	Para Badminton
12	Manjeet Singh	Rowing
13	Late Sachin Nag	Swimming
14	Nandan P Bal	Tennis
15	Netarpal Hooda	Wrestling

 
5.         TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Category
1	Anita Devi	Land Adventure
2	Col. Sarfraz Singh	Land Adventure
3	Taka Tamut	Land Adventure
4	Narender Singh	Land Adventure
5	Keval Hiren Kakka	Land Adventure
6	Satendra Singh	Water Adventure
7	Gajanand Yadava	Air Adventure
8	Late Magan Bissa	Life Time Achievement

 
6.         MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY

1.	Panjab University, Chandigarh

 
7.         RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR

S. No.	Category	Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020
1.	Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent	Lakshya Institute Army Sports Institute
2.	Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
3.	Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures	Air Force Sports Control Board
4.	Sports for Development	International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)