Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday bodily handed over trophies to the winners of Nationwide Sports activities Awards 2020 after the award ceremony was held just about final yr because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the winners of the Nationwide Sports activities Awards 2020 had already acquired their money awards however weren’t in a position to accumulate their trophies and quotation due to the pandemic. On August 29 final yr, the Sports activities Ministry had conferred 74 Nationwide Sports activities Awards, together with 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now renamed as Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) and 27 Arjuna awards.
The notable awardees who attended Monday’s ceremony at a metropolis lodge right here had been girls’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat and 2016 Paralympics gold winner Thangavelu Mariyappan, who had been handed the celebrated Khel Ratna.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain, cricketer Ishant Sharma, sprinter Dutee Chand, archer Atanu Das and shuttlers Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty had been amongst others who collected their the Arjuna trophies.
Congratulations to all of the Awardees of Khel Ratna 2020, Arjuna Award 2020, Dronacharya Award 2020 (Lifetime & Common class).
Wishing you even better success forward !#NationalSportsAward2020 pic.twitter.com/hFOiUUSWkm
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 1, 2021
“The Nationwide Sports activities Awards is a prestigious award that’s gained by athletes after years of dedication and exhausting work. Congratulations to all of the awardees and the easiest for his or her future occasions. The journey of the awardees does not finish right here, there may be extra to be achieved,” Thakur stated through the perform.
“We should additionally proceed to search for proficient athletes, groom them and make them able to profitable medals on the worldwide stage. So I request all of the athletes to take the pledge of at the very least grooming and coaching 5 such athletes who can win medals for India sooner or later.”
The occasion was additionally graced by Sports activities Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, Youth Affairs Secretary Usha Sharma and different prime ministry and SAI officers.
Record of Nationwide Sports activities Awardees for 2020:
Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para-Athletics), Manika Batra (Desk Tennis), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling), Rani Rampal (Hockey).
Arjuna Award: Atanu Das (Archery), Dutee Chand (Athletics), Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Ishant Sharma (Cricket), Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (Soccer), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing), Manu Bhaker (Taking pictures), Saurabh Chaudhary (Taking pictures), Madhurika Patkar (Desk Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports activities), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Conscious (Wrestling), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para-Swimming), Sandeep (Para-Athletics), Manish Narwal (Para Taking pictures).
Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Class): Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery), Purushotham Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (Tennis), Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling).
Dronacharya (Common Class):Jude Felix (Hockey), Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Taking pictures), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton).
Dhyan Chand Award: Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jincy Philips (Athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha(Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Soccer), Ajit Singh (Hockey), Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (Para-Athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjeet Singh (Rowing), Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).
Tenzing Norgay Nationwide Journey Awards: Anita Devi (Land Journey), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Journey), Taka Tamut (Land Journey), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Journey), Satendra Singh (Water Journey), Gajanand Yadava (Air Journey), Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy: Panjab College, Chandigarh.
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar: Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Younger Expertise: Lakshya Institute, Military Sports activities Institute.
Encouragement to sports activities via Company Social Duty: Oil and Pure Fuel Company (ONGC) Ltd.
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Employment of sportspersons and sports activities welfare measures: Air Power Sports activities Management Board.
Sports activities for Growth: Worldwide Institute of Sports activities Administration (IISM).
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