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113. ← Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [1] is the sports honour of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna ...
2020–2029. 113. The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [3] is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. [4]
Mixed team. Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an Indian compound archer. She has won multiple gold medals in the compound archery event at the Archery World Cup, World Archery Championships and Asian Games. In 2023, she became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the World Archery Championships and multiple gold medals at the Asian Games.
[11] [12] Another sportsperson, para-badminton player Raj Kumar, a gold medalist in the 2015 Para-Badminton World Championships in England, approached the Delhi High Court after not being awarded the Arjuna Award in 2016. He finally won the legal battle over having higher points than the other para-athlete awarded, and two years later, in ...
Mixed team. 2023 Bangkok. Individual. Sheetal Devi (born 10 January 2007) is an Indian para-archer. She won a bronze medal in the mixed team compound event at the 2024 Paralympics, becoming the youngest Indian Paralympian medalist. She won two gold medals and one silver at the 2022 Asian Para Games. Devi won a silver medal at the World Para ...
Gurdev Singh Gill (footballer) Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. Sunita Godara. Suresh Goel. (previous page) ( next page ) Categories: Recipients of the National Sports Awards.
Sreeja Akula (born 31 July 1998) is an Indian table tennis player. She is a two-time Indian national champion. She is currently ranked India number one in women's singles. [4] Akula received the Arjuna Award in 2022. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Akula won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Sharath Kamal.
Divyakriti Singh (born 22 October 1999) [1] is an Indian equestrienne. She won a gold medal in team event in Equestrian Dressage at the 2022 Asian Games [2][3] held at Hangzhou, China. She is the first Indian woman to be conferred the Arjuna Award [4] in Equestrian for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023 by the Ministry of Youth ...