National Sports Award are announce and Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh adds to the list of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, which makes the total number of this year’s winners to 12.
The Khel Ratna winners this year include Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic silver-medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya.
The ceremony is schedule for 13th November 2021 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Manpreet Singh, Olympic bronze-winning captain was originally recommend for the Arjuna award but he join veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh as the second hockey player in the list of awardees for the highest sporting honour.
In the list of 35 Arjuna awardees are most of India’s Paralympic medal winners and cricketers, Shikhar Dhawan and Mithali Raj.
Sports Ministry Announced :
“The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13th November, 2021 (Saturday) at 1630 hrs,”.
The Khel Ratna award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of previous four years.
Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and is given for good performance over a period of previous four years and showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
Full List of Khel Ratna Winners and Arjuna Awards Winners
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
- Neeraj Chopra (Athletics),
- Ravi Kumar(Wrestling),
- Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing),
- P.R Sreejesh (Hockey),
- Avani Lekhara (Para Shooting),
- Sumit Antil (Para Athletics),
- Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton),
- Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton),
- Manish Narwal (Para Shooting),
- Mithali Raj (Cricket),
- Sunil Chhetri (Football),
- Manpreet Singh (Hockey).
Arjuna Awards
- Arpinder Singh (Athletics),
- Simranjit Kaur (Boxing),
- Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket),
- CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing),
- Monika (Hockey),
- Vandana Katariya (Hockey),
- Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi),
- Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb),
- Abhishek Verma (Shooting),
- Ankita Raina (Tennis),
- Deepak Punia (Wrestling),
- Dilpreet Singh (Hockey),
- Harman Preet Singh (Hockey),
- Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey),
- Surender Kumar (Hockey),
- Amit Rohidas (Hockey),
- Birendra Lakra (Hockey),
- Sumit (Hockey),
- Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey),
- Hardik Singh (Hockey),
- Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey),
- Gurjant Singh (Hockey),
- Mandeep Singh (Hockey),
- Shamsher Singh (Hockey),
- Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey),
- Varun Kumar (Hockey),
- Simranjeet Singh (Hockey),
- Yogesh Kathuniya (Para Athletics),
- Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics),
- Praveen Kumar(Para Athletics),
- Suhash Yathiraj (Para Badminton),
- Singhraj Adhana (Para Shooting),
- Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis),
- Harvinder Singh (Para Archery),
- Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics’).
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