Anurag Thakur handed over trophies to the winners of the 2020 National Sports Awards

All the winners of National Sports Awards 2020 had already obtained their money prizes however weren’t capable of accumulate their trophies and citations as a result of pandemic.

Last on August 29, the Sports Ministry had conferred 74 National Sports Awards, together with 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) and 27 Arjuna Awards.

Notable who attended Monday’s ceremony at a metropolis lodge had been award-winning girls’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat and 2016 Paralympic gold winner Thangavelu Mariyappan, who was awarded the coveted Khel Ratna.

Congratulations to all of the award winners of Khel Ratna 2020, Arjuna Award 2020, Dronacharya Award 2020 (Lifetime and Regular Category).

Wishing you much more success forward!#NationalSportsAward2020 pic.twitter.com/hFOiUUSWkm

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) November 1, 2021

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 had been amongst others who gained the Arjuna Trophy.

“National Sports Awards is a prestigious award which is gained by athletes after years of dedication and onerous work. Congratulations to all of the award winners and greatest needs for his or her future programmes. The journey of awardees doesn’t finish right here, there’s rather more to be achieved.

“We should proceed to search for proficient athletes, groom them and allow them to win medals on the worldwide degree. So I request all of the athletes to take a pledge to arrange and practice at the very least 5 such athletes who can win medals for India in future.

Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, Youth Affairs Secretary Usha Sharma and different high ministry and SAI officers had been additionally current on the occasion.

Honorable. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri @ianuragthakur Recipient of Dhyan Chand Award 2020, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020 and Maka Trophy honored on 1st November

These are the moments of the incident#NationalSportsAward2020 pic.twitter.com/Qjd1xxEiP6

— Sai Media (@Media_SAI) November 1, 2021

Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (para-athletics), Manika Batra (desk 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: Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jincy Philips (Athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha(Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football), Ajit Singh (Hockey) , Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (Para-Athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjeet Singh (Rowing), Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award: Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure), Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure), Late Magan Bissa (Life Time) Achievement).

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MACA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:

• Identification and nurturing of budding and younger expertise: Lakshya Institute, Army Sports Institute.
• Promotion of Sports by means of Corporate Social Responsibility: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
• Sportsmen’s Employment and Sports Welfare Measures: Air Force Sports Control Board.
• For Sports Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM).