Full list of winners at National Sports Awards 2023

Published at :January 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM

Modified at :August 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM

(Courtesy : PTI)

Para Archer Sheetal Devi and hockey sensation Sushila Chanu were among the recipients.

The National Sports Awards 2023 were presented by President Droupadi Murmu in a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday (January 9). The awards, which are usually given on August 29 to mark the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, were postponed last year due to the Hangzhou Asian Games.

The Arjuna award this year went to sporting youngsters such as wrestler Antim Panghal, who won a junior world title and a senior bronze medal last year, and the Equestrian duo of Anusha Aggarwala and Divyakriti Singh who was part of the team that won gold after 41 years also were notable mentions. Armless Archer, Sheetal Devi who have been making waves in the Shooting circuit after winning Multiple golds at the Asian Para Games was also included in the list.

Several other athletes across various sports were selected for the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023, including World Cup star Mohammed Shami, Asian Games heroes Ojas Pravin Deotale, shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary.

The Arjuna Award, which is given for outstanding performance in sports and games, was conferred to 26 athletes from various disciplines.

Here are the complete list winners at National Sports Awards 2023

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award Winner

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (badminton)

Arjuna Award Winners

Archery: Ojas Pravin Deotale, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Sheetal Devi (para archery)
Athletics: Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary
Boxing: Mohammad Hussamuddin
Chess: R Vaishali
Cricket: Mohammed Shami, Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket)
Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage)
Golf: Diksha Dagar
Hockey: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Sushila Chanu
Kabaddi: Pawan Kumar, Ritu Negi
Kho-Kho: Nasreen
Lawn Bowls: Pinki
Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Esha Singh
Squash: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu
Table Tennis: Ayhika Mukherjee
Wrestling: Sunil Kumar, Antim Panghal
Wushu: Naorem Roshibina Devi
Para Canoeing: Prachi Yadav

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches (regular category)

Chess: RB Ramesh
Hockey: Shivendra Singh
Mallakhamb: Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar
Para Athletics: Mahaveer Prasad Saini
Wrestling: Lalit Kumar

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches (life-time category)

Golf: Jaskirat Singh Grewal
Kabaddi: Bhaskaran E
Table Tennis: Jayanta Kumar Pushilal

Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement

Badminton: Manjusha Kanwar
Hockey: Vineet Kumar Sharma
Kabaddi: Kavitha Selvaraj

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