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The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [1] is the sports honour of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India.
The four awards presented in wrestling are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [ 1 ] First presented in the year 1961, a total of fifty-six individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in wrestling for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years ...
Arjuna Award: Female 2013 P. V. Sindhu: Arjuna Award: Female 2014 Valiyaveetil Diju: Arjuna Award: Male 2015 Srikanth Kidambi: Arjuna Award: Male 2018 N. Sikki Reddy: Arjuna Award: Female 2019 B. Sai Praneeth: Arjuna Award: Male 2020 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: Arjuna Award: Male 2020 Chirag Shetty: Arjuna Award: Male 2022 Lakshya Sen: Arjuna ...
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [3] is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. [4]
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1] Year Recipient Award Gender 2011 W. Sandhyarani Devi: Arjuna Award: Female 2012 M. Bimoljit Singh: Arjuna Award: Male 2015 Y. Sanathoi Devi: Arjuna Award: Female 2018 Pooja Kadian: Arjuna Award: Female 2022 Praveen Kumar: Arjuna Award: Male 2020 Kuldeep Handoo ...
Arjuna Award: Male 1998 Nayan Mongia: Arjuna Award: Male 2000 Venkatesh Prasad: Arjuna Award: Male 2001 VVS Laxman: Arjuna Award: Male 2002 Virender Sehwag: Arjuna Award: Male 2003 Mithali Raj: Arjuna Award: Female 2003 Harbhajan Singh: Arjuna Award: Male 2005 Anju Jain: Arjuna Award: Female 2006 Anjum Chopra: Arjuna Award: Female 2009 Gautam ...
This page categorises winners of the Arjuna Award, an award given by the Government of India. It is awarded to recognize outstanding achievement by Indian sports persons nationally and internationally.
As of 2020, three sportspersons in athletics have been awarded the highest sporting award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, a former middle distance runner who won a gold medal in 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in 1500 metres at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, and a gold medal in both the 800 metres and 1500 ...