National Sports Award 2023 Announced

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National Sports Award 2023 Announced

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has announced the National Sports Awards 2023 on 20th December 2023. The awardees will be awarded the National Sports Award 2023 from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 9th January 2024 at 11:00 hours. The list of awardees is based on the recommendations of the Committee. The awards will be given in the following categories i.e. sports persons, coaches, and entities.

National Sports Award 2023: Highlights

National Sports Award 2023: Highlights

Awards

Number of Awardees

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

2

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023

26

Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games 2023

Regular Category

5

Lifetime category

3

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games 2023

3

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023

3

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

The Khel Ratna Award, officially known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is the highest sporting honour of India. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India awarded this award annually.

Cash Award: ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) and a medallion

First winner: Viswanathan Anand (Chess Player)

Total award (till 2023): 60

This list of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 is given below:

Name of the sportsperson*

Discipline

Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty

Badminton

Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj

Badminton

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023

The Arjuna Award, which is officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, after Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. It is sponsored by the Government of India.

First awarded: 1961

Cash Award: ₹15,00,000

This list of Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023 is given below:

Name of the sportsperson

Discipline

 Ojas Pravin Deotale

Archery

 Aditi Gopichand Swami

Archery

 Sreeshankar M

Athletics

 Parul Chaudhary

Athletics

 Mohameed Hussamuddin

Boxing

 R Vaishali

Chess

 Mohammed Shami

Cricket

 Anush Agarwalla

Equestrian

 Divyakriti Singh

Equestrian Dressage

 Diksha Dagar

Golf

 Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Hockey

 Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu

Hockey

 Pawan Kumar

Kabaddi

 Ritu Negi

Kabaddi

 Nasreen

Kho-Kho

 Pinki

Lawn Bowls

 Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

Shooting

 Esha Singh

Shooting

 Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu

Squash

 Ayhika Mukherjee

Table Tennis

 Sunil Kumar

Wrestling

 Antim

Wrestling

 Naorem Roshibina Devi

Wushu

 Sheetal Devi

Para Archery

 Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy

Blind Cricket

 Prachi Yadav

Para Canoeing

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023

The Dronacharya Award, which is officially known as the Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is a sports coaching honor of the Republic of India.

Sponsored by:  Government of India

Cash awards: 15 lakh

First awarded: 1985

First winner: Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat, Om Prakash Bhardwaj, and O. M. Nambiar

This award has been categorized into two categories i.e. Regular Category and Lifetime Category.

Regular Category

Name of the Coach

Discipline

Lalit Kumar

Wrestling

R. B. Ramesh

Chess

Mahaveer Prasad Saini

Para Athletics

Shivendra Singh

Hockey

Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar

Mallakhamb

Lifetime Category

Name of the Coach

Discipline

Jaskirat Singh Grewal

Golf

Bhaskaran E

Kabaddi

Jayanta Kumar Pushilal

Table Tennis

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

This award is given to honor sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and who continue to contribute to the promotion of sports events after their retirement.

Name of the sportsperson

Discipline

Manjusha Kanwar

Badminton

Vineet Kumar Sharma

Hockey

Kavitha Selvaraj

Kabaddi

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023

The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy is given to the overall tops performing university in inter-university tournaments.

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Overall winner university

Lovely Professional University, Punjab

1st runner up University

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

2nd runner up University

FAQs:

1. How many sports persons has won Arjuna Award in 2023 in India?
Ans: In 2023, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports was awarded 26 sportsperson with the Arjuna Awards.


2. Who got the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023?
Ans: In 2023, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 to Badminton players Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj.


3. Who was the first player to win the Arjuna Award in India?
Ans: The first player to win the Arjuna Award in India to Salim Durani (Cricketer).


4. What are the 5 National Sports Awards?
Ans: The five National Sports Awards i.e. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games, Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.


 

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