sports minister Anurag Thakur Trophies were physically handed over to the winners of the National Sports Awards 2020 on Monday after the awards ceremony was held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All the winners of National Sports Awards 2020 had already received their cash prizes but were not able to collect their trophies and citations due to the pandemic. On August 29 last year, the Sports Ministry had conferred 74 National Sports Awards, including five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) and 27 Arjuna Awards.
Notable who attended Monday’s ceremony at a city hotel were award-winning women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat and 2016 Paralympic gold winner Thangavelu Mariyappan, who was awarded the coveted Khel Ratna.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain, cricketer Ishant Sharma, sprinter Dutee Chand, archer Atanu Das and shuttlers Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty were among others who won the Arjuna Trophy.
Congratulations to all the award winners of Khel Ratna 2020, Arjuna Award 2020, Dronacharya Award 2020 (Lifetime and Regular Category).
Wishing you even greater success ahead!#NationalSportsAward2020 pic.twitter.com/hFOiUUSWkm
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 1, 2021
“National Sports Awards is a prestigious award which is won by athletes after years of dedication and hard work. Congratulations to all the award winners and best wishes for their future events. The journey of the award winners does not end here, and many more. Something has to be achieved,” Thakur said during the ceremony.
“We should continue to hunt for talented athletes, groom them and enable them to win medals at the international level. So I request all athletes to take a pledge to prepare and train at least five such athletes. Take those who can win medals for India. In future.”
Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, Youth Affairs Secretary Usha Sharma and other top ministry and SAI officials were also present at the event.
List of National Sports Award winners for 2020:
Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (para-athletics), Manika Batra (table tennis), Vinesh Phogat (wrestling), Rani Rampal (hockey).
Arjuna Award: Atanu Das (Archery), Dutee Chand (Athletics), Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton), Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Ishant Sharma (Cricket), Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (Football), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho-Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing), Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Patkar (Table Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Aware (Wrestling) , Suyash Narayan Jadhav (para-swimming), Sandeep (para-athletics), Manish Narwal (para-shooting).
Dronacharya Award (Life-time Category): Dharmendra Tiwari (Archery), Purushottam Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (Tennis), Om Prakash Dahiya (Wrestling) ) )
Dronacharya (Regular Category):Jude Felix (Hockey), Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handu (Wushu), Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton).
Dhyan Chand Award: Kuldeep Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jinsey Phillips (Athletics), Pradeep Srikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha (Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhwinder Singh Sandhu (Football), Ajit Singh (Hockey) , Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjit Kumar (Para-athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjit Singh (Rowing), Late Mr. Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award: Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfaraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Kewal Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure), Gajanand Yadav (Air Adventure), Late Magan Bisa (Life Time) ) Availability).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MACA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.
National Sports Promotion Awards: Identification and nurturing of budding and young talent: Lakshya Institute, Army Sports Institute.
Promotion of Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
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Sportsmen’s Employment and Sports Welfare Measures: Air Force Sports Control Board.
For Sports Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM).
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