Honorable President Smt Droupadi Murmu gave the National Sports Awards 2023 at the National Bhawan on Tuesday, January 9. In this, 26 players were awarded the Arjuna Award, 5 coaches were awarded the Dronacharya Award and 3 people were awarded Life Time Award.
The fastest bowler Mohammed Shami, who performed brilliantly in the Cricket One Day World Cup, was given the Arjuna Award, while the badminton duo of Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty was given the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Life Time Award was given to golf coach Jaskirat Singh Grewal, Bhaskaran E (Kabaddi, coach), Jayant Kumar Pusilal (table tennis, coach).
Ganesh Prabhakaran (Mallakhamb), Mahavir Saini (Para Athletics), Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess) and Shivendra Singh (hockey) were given the highest coaching honor Dronacharya Award.
National Sports Awards 2023 complete list PDF –
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National Sports Awards 2023 ARJUNA AWARD'S -
- Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami for Archery
- Mr Ojas Pravin Deotale for Archery
- Ms Parul Chaudhary for Athletics
- Mr Sreeshankar M for Athletics
- Mr Mohameed Hussamuddin for Boxing
- Mr Mohammed Shami for Cricket
- Ms R Vaishali for Chess
- Ms Divyakriti Singh for Equestrian Dressage
- Mr Anush Agarwalla for Equestrian
- Ms Diksha Dagar for Golf
- Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu for Hockey
- Mr Krishan Bahadur Pathak for Hockey
- Ms Ritu Negi for Kabaddi
- Mr. Pawan Kumar for Kabaddi
- Ms Nasreen for Kho-Kho
- Ms Pinki for Lawn Bowls
- Ms Esha Singh for Shooting
- Mr. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar for Shooting
- Mr. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu for Squas
- Ms Ayhika Mukherjee for Table Tenis
- Ms Antim for Wrestling
- Mr. Sunil Kumar for Wrestling
- Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi for Wushu
- Ms Sheetal Devi for Para Archery
- Mr. Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy for Blind Cricket
- Ms Prachi Yadav for Para Canoeing
Dronacharya Award ( Regular ) : National Sports Awards 2023
- Shri Lalit Kumar for Wrestling
- Shri R. B. Ramesh for Chess
- Shri Maheveer Prasad Saini for Para Athletics
- Shri Shivendra Singh for Hockey
- Shri Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar for Mallakhamb
Dronacharya Award ( Life time ) :National Sports Awards 2023
Shri Jashkirat Singh Grewal for Golf
Shri Bhaskaran E for Kabaddi
Shri Jayanta Kumar Pushilal for Table Tennis
Dhyan Chand Award : National Sports Awards 2023
Ms Manjusha Kanwar for Badminton
Shri Vineet Kumar Sharma for Hockey
Ms Kavitha Selvaraj for Kabaddi
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023:
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Panjab) for Overall winning university
Lovely Professional University, Punjab for 1st runner up University
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra for 2nd runner up University
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