National Sports Awards 2020 announced: Here's full list of awardees

​​​​​​The Indian Sports Ministry on Friday announced the list of athletes who will be conferred with the National Sports Awards as they decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, cutting the list to 27 but agreed to as many as five names for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award – country’s highest sporting honour.

The decision to include the names of Mirabai and Sakshi raised a few eyebrows as they had already won the Khel Ratna previously. Last week, the Justice (retd) Mukundakam Sharma-led selection panel had recommended 29 names for the Arjuna Award to the Sports Ministry.

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The five Khel Ratna winners for the year 2020 would be star cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Paralympic gold-winner Mariyappan Thangavelu, TT player Manika Batra, and women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal, the ministry confirmed in a formal press release.

In a first, the awards will be held virtually on August 29, the National Sports Day, instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1. RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Discipline

Shri Rohit Sharma

Cricket

Shri Mariyappan T.

Para Athletics

Ms. Manika Batra

Table Tennis

Ms. Vinesh

Wrestling

Ms. Rani

Hockey

1. DRONACHARYA AWARD

1. Life- Time Category

S. No.

Name of the Coach

Discipline

ShriDharmendra Tiwary

Archery

ShriPurushotham Rai

Athletics

ShriShiv Singh

Boxing

ShriRomesh Pathania

Hockey

ShriKrishan Kumar Hooda

Kabaddi

ShriVijay Bhalchandra Munishwar

Para Powerlifting

ShriNaresh Kumar

Tennis

ShriOm Parkash Dahiya

Wrestling

B. Regular Category

S. No.

Name of the Coach

Discipline

ShriJude FelixSebastian

Hockey

ShriYogesh Malviya

Mallakhamb

ShriJaspal Rana

Shooting

ShriKuldeep Kumar Handoo

Wushu

ShriGaurav Khanna

Para Badminton

1. ARJUNA AWARD

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson (Shri)

Discipline

ShriAtanu Das

Archery

Ms. Dutee Chand

Athletics

ShriSatwik Sairaj Rankireddy

Badminton

ShriChirag Chandrasekhar Shetty

Badminton

ShriVishesh Bhriguvanshi

Basketball

Subedar Manish Kaushik

Boxing

Ms. Lovlina Borgohain

Boxing

ShriIshant Sharma

Cricket

Ms. Deepti Sharma

Cricket

ShriSawant Ajay Anant

Equestrian

ShriSandesh Jhingan

Football

Ms. Aditi Ashok

Golf

ShriAkashdeep Singh

Hockey

Ms. Deepika

Hockey

ShriDeepak

Kabaddi

ShriKale Sarika Sudhakar

Kho Kho

ShriDattu Baban Bhokanal

Rowing

Ms. Manu Bhaker

Shooting

ShriSaurabh Chaudhary

Shooting

Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar

Table Tennis

ShriDivij Sharan

Tennis

ShriShiva Keshavan

Winter Sports

Ms. Divya Kakran

Wrestling

ShriRahul Aware

Wrestling

ShriSuyash Narayan Jadhav

Para Swimming

ShriSandeep

Para Athletics

ShriManish Narwal

Para Shooting

4. DHYAN CHAND AWARD

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Discipline

Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar

Athletics

Ms. Jincy Philips

Athletics

Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe

Badminton

Ms. Trupti Murgunde

Badminton

Ms. N. Usha

Boxing

Shri Lakha Singh

Boxing

Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu

Football

Shri Ajit Singh

Hockey

Shri Manpreet Singh

Kabaddi

Shri J. Ranjith Kumar

Para Athletics

Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari

Para Badminton

Shri Manjeet Singh

Rowing

Late Shri Sachin Nag

Swimming

Shri Nandan P Bal

Tennis

Shri Netarpal Hooda

Wrestling

5. TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Category

Ms. AnitaDevi

LandAdventure

Col.SarfrazSingh

LandAdventure

ShriTakaTamut

LandAdventure

ShriNarenderSingh

LandAdventure

ShriKevalHirenKakka

LandAdventure

ShriSatendraSingh

WaterAdventure

ShriGajanandYadava

AirAdventure

LateShriMaganBissa

LifeTimeAchievement

6. MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY

1.

Panjab University, Chandigarh

7. RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR

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 sportspersons and sports welfare measures

Air Force Sports Control Board

4.

Sports for Development

International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)