National Sports Awards 2023 announced; Check full list here

New Delhi: The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports today announced the National Sports Awards 2023 with 26 Sports persons selected for the Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023.

President Droupadi Murmu will give away the awards to the sportspersons at a special function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024 (Tuesday).

Here is the full list of the awardees of the National Sports Awards 2023:

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023:

1. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty for Badminton
2. Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj for Badminton

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 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 for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023:

1. Lalit Kumar: Wrestling
2. B. Ramesh: Chess
3. Mahaveer Prasad Saini: Para Athletics
4. Shivendra Singh: Hockey
5. Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar: Mallakhamb
6. Jaskirat Singh Grewal: Golf
7. Bhaskaran E: Kabaddi
8. Jayanta Kumar Pushilal: Table Tennis

 Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2023:

1. Manjusha Kanwar: Badminton
2. Vineet Kumar Sharma: Hockey
3. Kavitha Selvaraj: Kabaddi

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023:

1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar: Overall winner university
2. Lovely Professional University, Punjab: 1st runner up University
3. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra: 2nd runner up University

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