National Sports Awards 2020

Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs announced National Sports Awards 2020 on 21st August, 2020.

The 12-members Selection Committee of National Sports Awards 2020 was headed by former Judge of Supreme Court of India - Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma.

The awardees will receive awards from the President of India (Ram Nath Kovind) at a specially organized function through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on National Sports Day (29th August, 2020).

Topics Covered:

1) What are National Sports Awards?

2) Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020

3) Recipient of Arjuna Award 2020

4) Recipient of Dronacharya Award 2020

5) Recipient of Dhyan Chand Award 2020

6) Recipient of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019

7) Recipient of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award 2020

8) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2020

National Sports Award

National Sports Awards are given each year by Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs to recognize and reward excellence in sports. 

Each year National Sports Awards are given on the occasion of National Sports Day which is celebrated on 29th August to mark the birth anniversary of Hockey icon - Major Dhyan Chand.

Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020

This year 5 sports persons will be awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports for over a period of four years.

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Rohit Sharma	Cricket
2.	Mariyappan T.	Para Athletics
3.	Manika Batra	Table Tennis
4.	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling
5.	Rani Rampal	Hockey

 

Recipient of Arjuna Award 2020

This year 27 sports persons have been selected for the Arjuna Award for consistent outstanding performance for four years.

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Atanu Das	Archery
2.	Dutee Chand	Athletics
3.	Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy	Badminton
4.	Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty	Badminton
5.	Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	Basketball
6.	Subedar Manish Kaushik	Boxing
7.	Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing
8.	Ishant Sharma	Cricket
9.	Deepti Sharma	Cricket
10.	Sawant Ajay Anant	Equestrian
11.	Sandesh Jhingan	Football
12.	Aditi Ashok	Golf
13.	Akashdeep Singh	Hockey
14.	Deepika	Hockey
15.	Deepak	Kabaddi
16.	Kale Sarika Sudhakar	Kho Kho
17.	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	Rowing
18.	Manu Bhaker	Shooting
19.	Saurabh Chaudhary	Shooting
20.	Madhurika Suhas Patkar	Table Tennis
21.	Divij Sharan	Tennis
22.	Shiva Keshavan	Winter Sports
23.	Divya Kakran	Wrestling
24.	Rahul Aware	Wrestling
25.	Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Para Swimming
26.	Sandeep	Para Athletics
27.	Manish Narwal	Para Shooting

 

Recipient of Dronacharya Award 2020

Dronacharya Award goes to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events.

There are two categories of Dronacharya Award - Life time category and Regular Category

A. Life Time Category

S. No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1.	Dharmendra Tiwary	Archery
2.	Purushotham Rai	Athletics
3.	Shiv Singh	Boxing
4.	Romesh Pathania	Hockey
5.	Krishan Kumar Hooda	Kabaddi
6.	Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar	Para Powerlifting
7.	Naresh Kumar	Tennis
8.	Om Parkash Dahiya	Wrestling

 

B. Regular Category

S. No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1.	Jude Felix Sebastian	Hockey
2.	Yogesh Malviya	Mallakhamb
3.	Jaspal Rana	Shooting
4.	Kuldeep Kumar Handoo	Wushu
5.	Gaurav Khanna	Para Badminton

 

Recipient of Dhyan Chand Award 2020

Dhyan Chand Award is for life time contribution to sports development.

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Kuldip Singh Bhullar	Athletics
2.	Jincy Philips	Athletics
3.	Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe	Badminton
4.	Trupti Murgunde	Badminton
5.	N. Usha	Boxing
6.	Lakha Singh	Boxing
7.	Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu	Football
8.	Ajit Singh	Hockey
9.	Manpreet Singh	Kabaddi
10.	J. Ranjith Kumar	Para Athletics
11.	Satyaprakash Tiwari	Para Badminton
12.	Manjeet Singh	Rowing
13.	Sachin Nag	Swimming
14.	Nandan P Bal	Tennis
15.	Netarpal Hooda	Wrestling

 

 

Recipient of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019

There are 3 categories of adventure for which Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award is given: 

• Air Adventure
• Land Adventure
• Water Adventure

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	Category
1.	Anita Devi	Land Adventure
2.	Sarfraz Singh	Land Adventure
3.	Taka Tamut	Land Adventure
4.	Narender Singh	Land Adventure
5.	Keval Hiren Kakka	Land Adventure
6.	Satendra Singh	Water Adventure
7.	Gajanand Yadava	Air Adventure
8.	Magan Bissa	Life Time Achievement

 

• Satendra Singh
  
  
  

Para-swimmer Satyendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh is the first Divyanga Indian sportsperson of the country, who has been awarded today with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award. 

He is also the first Asian Divyang swimmer to cross the 42-kilometer Catalina Channel in the US in just 11 hours 34 minutes.

Recipient of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award 2020

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities both in private and public sector and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.

There are four categories under which corporate entities are awarded Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award for promoting sports:

1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent
2. Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility
3. Employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures
4. Sports for Development

S. No.	Category	Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020
1	Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent	1. Lakshya Institute
		2. Army Sports Institute
2	Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
3	Employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures	Air Force Sports Control Board
4	Sports for Development	International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)

 

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2020

Punjab University, Chandigarh will get Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2020 for overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments.

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