2020 India National Sports Awards

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

The award is given to the sportspersons for their most outstanding & magnificent performance in the sports over a period of four years. This year, 5 winners have been selected for the honour.

S. No.Sportsperson’s NameSport
1Rohit Sharma Cricket
2Mariyappan ThangaveluPara Athletics
3Manika BatraTable Tennis
4Vinesh Phogat Wrestling
5Rani Rampal Hockey

ARJUNA AWARD

The award is given for outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years. In 2020, 27 players have been selected for the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance for four consecutive years.

S. No.Sportsperson’s NameSport
1Atanu Das Archery
2Dutee Chand Athletics
3Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Badminton
4Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty Badminton
5Vishesh BhriguvanshiBasketball
6Subedar Manish KaushikBoxing
7Lovlina BorgohainBoxing
8Ishant Sharma Cricket
9Deepti SharmaCricket
10Sawant Ajay AnantEquestrian
11Sandesh JhinganFootball
12Aditi AshokGolf
13Akashdeep SinghHockey
14Deepika ThakurHockey
15Deepak HoodaKabaddi
16Kale Sarika SudhakarKho Kho
17Dattu Baban BhokanalRowing
18Manu BhakerShooting
19Saurabh ChaudharyShooting
20Madhurika Suhas PatkarTable Tennis
21Divij SharanTennis
22Shiva KeshavanWinter Sports
23Divya KakranWrestling
24Rahul AwareWrestling
25Suyash Narayan JadhavPara Swimming
26Sandeep ChaudharyPara Athletics
27Manish NarwalPara Shooting

DRONACHARYA AWARD

The award is given to talented coaches who have producing medal winners in prestigious international sports events. This year 8 winners have been selected for life-time category and 5 winners for the regular category.

Life-Time Category

S. No.Coach’s NameSport
1Dharmendra TiwaryArchery
2Purushotham RaiAthletics
3Shiv SinghBoxing
4Romesh PathaniaHockey
5Krishan Kumar HoodaKabaddi
6Vijay Bhalchandra MunishwarPara Powerlifting
7Naresh KumarTennis
8Om Parkash DahiyaWrestling

Regular Category

S. No.Coach’s NameSport
1Jude Felix SebastianHockey
2Yogesh MalviyaMallakhamb
3Jaspal RanaShooting
4Kuldeep Kumar HandooWushu
5Gaurav KhannaPara Badminton

DHYAN CHAND AWARD

This award is given for lifetime contribution to the development of the sport. This year 15 players have been awarded the Dhyan Chand Award.

S. No.Sportsperson’s NameSport
1Kuldip Singh BhullarAthletics
2Jincy PhilipsAthletics
3Pradeep Shrikrishna GandheBadminton
4Trupti MurgundeBadminton
5N. UshaBoxing
6Lakha SinghBoxing
7Sukhvinder Singh SandhuFootball
8Ajit SinghHockey
9Manpreet SinghKabaddi
10J. Ranjith KumarPara Athletics
11Satyaprakash TiwariPara Badminton
12Manjeet SinghRowing
13Late Shri Sachin NagSwimming
14Nandan P BalTennis
15Netarpal HoodaWrestling

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