List of all national sports awards recipients in Kabaddi

Published at :April 3, 2024 at 1:11 PM

Modified at :April 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM

Many legendary players have won these prestigious awards.

Kabaddi is a sport that Indians have loved because of the simplicity of the game. Anyone with any physique can play the sport of Kabaddi provided they are fit and swift. That’s why we have seen players from all around the country. India being the birthplace of the sport has rewarded the players and coaches with deserving honors.

The players have been awarded the Arjuna Award – given to the best performers in a year in their respective sport. The coaches who have played key roles in the upbringing of many players have been honored with the Dronacharya Award, the highest honor for the Gurus from the sports fraternity in India. To honor their contribution to Kabaddi over their lifetime, the Major Dhyan Chand Award. Few players who have changed the course of Indian Kabaddi have been honored with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian Award in India.

Let’s look at the award winners from the sport of Kabaddi.

Padma Shri

2014 – Sunil Dabas – Haryana
2019 – Ajay Thakur – Himachal Pradesh

Dhyanchand Award

2007 – Shamsher Singh – Haryana
2020 – Manpreet Singh – Punjab
2021 – Vikas Kumar – Haryana
2022 – BC Suresh – Karnataka

Dronacharya Award

2002 – Ejjapureddi Prasad Rao – Andhra Pradesh
2005 – Balwan Singh – Punjab
2012 – Sunil Dabas – Haryana
2019 – Rambir Singh Khokhar (Life Time) – Haryana
2020 – Krishan Kumar Hooda (Life Time) – Haryana
2021 – Ashan Kumar (Life Time) – Haryana

Arjuna Award

1972 – Sahanand Mahadev Shetty – Maharashtra
1973 – Bholanath Guin – West Bengal
1978 – Shakuntala Pandarinath Khatavkar – Maharashtra
1980 – Shantaram Jadhav – Maharashtra
1981 – Monika Nath – West Bengal
1983 – Maya Kashinath – Maharashtra
1986 – Rama Sarkar – West Bengal
1990 – Hardeep Singh – Punjab
1994 – S. Rajarathnam – Tamil Nadu
1994 – Ashok Shinde – Maharashtra
1995 – P. Ganeshan – Tamil Nadu
1996 – Shriram Bhavsar – Maharashtra
1996 – Neeta Moreshwer Dadwe – Maharastra
1997 – Randhir Singh – Delhi
1998 – Ashan Kumar – Haryana
1998 – Bishwajit Palit – West Bengal
1999 – Balwinder Singh (Piddha) – Punjab
1999 – Tirath Raj – Delhi
2000 – C. Honnappa Gowda – Karnataka
2001 – B.C. Ramesh – Karnataka
2002 – Ram Mehar Singh – Punjab
2003 – Sanjeev Kumar – Himachal Pradesh
2004 – Sunder Singh – Delhi
2005 – Ramesh Kumar – Haryana
2006 – Navneet Gautam – Rajasthan
2009 – Pankaj Navnath Shirsat – Maharashtra
2010 – Dinesh Kumar – Delhi
2011 – Rakesh Kumar – Delhi
2011 – Tejeswini Bai – Karnataka
2012 – Anoop Kumar – Delhi
2014 – Mamtha Poojari – Karnataka
2015 – Manjeet Chhillar – Haryana
2015 – Abhilasha Shashikant Mahatre – Maharastra
2017 – Jasvir Singh – Punjab
2019 – Ajay Thakur – Himachal Pradesh
2020 – Deepak Hooda – Rajasthan
2021 – Sandeep Narwal – Haryana
2022 – Sakshi Kumari – Haryana
2024 – Pawan Sehrawat – Delhi
2024 – Ritu Negi – Himachal Pradesh

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