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Hansa Sharma: Dronacharya Award: Female 2018 Vijay Sharma: Dronacharya Award: Male Winter Sports. List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award ...
The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, [1] is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona , often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India . [ 2 ]
This page categorises winners of the Dronacharya Award, an award given by the Government of India. It is awarded to recognize outstanding achievement by Indian coaches in sports, nationally and internationally.
Arjuna Award: Female 2020 Ishant Sharma: Arjuna Award: Male 2021 Shikhar Dhawan: Arjuna Award: Male 2023 Mohammed Shami: Arjuna Award: Male 2018 Tarak Sinha + Dronacharya Award: Male 2019 Sanjay Bhardwaj + Dronacharya Award: Male 2021 Sarkar Talwar + Dronacharya Award: Male 2022 Dinesh Jawahar Lad + Dronacharya Award: Male 1986 Desh Prem Azad ...
Sunita Sharma is reportedly India's first woman cricket coach and a former cricketer. Having trained dozens of first-class and international cricketers, she received the Dronacharya Award in 2005. Early life and playing career
As of 2020, three sportspersons in athletics have been awarded the highest sporting award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, a former middle distance runner who won a gold medal in 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in 1500 metres at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, and a gold medal in both the 800 metres and 1500 ...
In 1990, he was honoured with Dronacharya Award for his services to cricket coaching. [9] In 2010, he was conferred with Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian awards in sports category at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 7 April 2010 by the then Indian President Pratibha Patil. [10]
He received the Dronacharya Award, the highest Indian award for sports coaching, in 2000, [4] [5] [6] the only coach from the sport of kho kho to receive the award. [2] A former vice president of the All India Association of Dronacharya Awardees , [ 7 ] Phadke was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri , the fourth highest ...